Do You Know? Sandalwood Tree

Friday, July 29, 2011

Sandalwood tree (Santalum album Linn), which is the pride of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), has been hard to find in the region. This is the influence of regional regulations (Perda) Number of NTT in 1986 16 years on the management of sandalwood. State law does not include the sandalwood tree, which are growing in the courtyard of the houses owned by the government. As a result, the people choose their own cut sandalwood and sell them cheap.

And the price per kg of sandalwood combine RP12 million. Sandalwood is also a powerful medicinal herb as a traditional medicine to restore the appetite of our own Ramu easy. It is intended to increase awareness and interest for the citizens, to develop the maintenance and care of sandalwood. In 1980, the production of sandalwood NTT still about 15 000 tonnes. But began declining in 2000, only 100 tons in 2004 and stayed because of the many trees were killed by sandalwood.

In the Dutch colonialism, like sandalwood trees on the island of Timor, sent a large scale in the Netherlands, so that if NTT known as the only local manufacturer of sandalwood. But after the extinction of sandalwood, now have more seeds NTT sandalwood Gunung Kidul regency, Yogyakarta to bring. In fact, sandalwood plants grown in the region of the island of Timor.

NTT Governor Frans Lebu Raya admit that it was a mistake in preparing these regulations. Therefore, in 2004, the Regulation should be repealed and the number of regulations 2 / 1999. The legislation provides an important role for the residents of sandalwood plants. But the reality is not effective in restoring public confidence in the reconstruction of the conservation and cultivation of sandalwood.

Governments and institutions of higher education in the province of Nusa Tenggara (NTT) are expected to maintain consistency in the development of the plant sandalwood. Only with consistent, NTT plans to return can be achieved as a warehouse. The government initiated the development of sandalwood sandalwood NTT should adjust the program since 2006. Consistency of sandalwood, from upstream to downstream development and implementation of provincial and district levels. When the government of East Nusa Tenggara province will increase still in the development of forestry and in the next five years, the forests are currently only five percent. But if the forest area has not increased, this means that the government and NTT do something about it.

According to the Governor, the data in 1997 showed that sandalwood that grows, there are around 250 940 in the western part of Timor island. But in data collection in 2008 fell 46.05 percent of the population. There was only one small tree that grows naturally, and for years not perform data collection again, as the population is still growing sandalwood trees.
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