. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Asia and the Pacific. Agricultural Settlement Schemes. A transmigration settlement in southern Irian Jaya. WWF/J. Ratcliffe which the location of land most suited for possible future develop- ment as transmigration sites could be judged (these maps are the basis of the forest cover maps for Indonesia in chapter 19). A large proportion of the land so identified had in fact already been allocated for different purposes, but the decisions determining those alloca- tions were usually based on inadequate or inappropriate information. These new maps ther
. The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Asia and the Pacific. Agricultural Settlement Schemes. A transmigration settlement in southern Irian Jaya. WWF/J. Ratcliffe which the location of land most suited for possible future develop- ment as transmigration sites could be judged (these maps are the basis of the forest cover maps for Indonesia in chapter 19). A large proportion of the land so identified had in fact already been allocated for different purposes, but the decisions determining those alloca- tions were usually based on inadequate or inappropriate information. These new maps therefore offer a chance for revised and more rational planning. This is particularly pertinent to forest use since it is possible now to recommend shifts in forest boundaries, the degazetting of some protected areas ('forests' that in reality are only scrub or even grass), the redefining and physical demarcation of new boundaries, and the gazetting of new areas. The Department of Forestry stands to gain at least as much land as it loses on most of the islands, and all its land would actually be forested. Ensuring the integrity of protected areas is one of the highest priorities of the RePPProT project. What may seem such simple and sensible compromises are in fact, however, politically difficult. Nevertheless, it is of the highest priority that all sectors concerned with land and its allocation should revise the agreed land-status maps of each province based on the project. Fortunately this may be insisted upon because the National Development Planning Board (which allocates national budgets and decides development direc- tions) has recognised the significance of the mapping and has com- missioned a national overview of the results to illustrate the potential of land-use, as well as the accompanying conflicts and problems (RePPProT, 1990). Transmigration and land-use planning need to be guided by ecological principles. Guidehnes are now available on how to assemble a provincial la
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