Social Forestry Area in 38 Indonesian Provinces, August 2025

According to data from the Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut), as of August 25, 2025, the area of social forestry in Indonesia reached 8.32 million hectares (ha), involving approximately 1.42 million households in its management.

Social forestry is a government program aimed at improving community welfare through empowerment based on sustainability principles.

Through this program, communities gain access to manage forests and land, and utilize forest products in an environmentally friendly manner.

"Social forestry also supports the national food security program by collaborating with ministries/agencies and all relevant stakeholders to prepare raw material supplies from forest areas," stated Kemenhut on its official website.

Currently, the largest social forestry area is in West Kalimantan Province, followed by South Papua, North Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and South Sulawesi.

The following are the 10 provinces with the largest social forestry area as of August 25, 2025:

1. West Kalimantan: 912,093.42 ha

2. South Papua: 840,787.84 ha

3. North Kalimantan: 547,268.25 ha

4. Central Kalimantan: 507,539.92 ha

5. South Sulawesi: 452,403.89 ha

6. West Papua: 444,686 ha

7. Southwest Papua: 396,052 ha

8. West Sumatra: 361,676.29 ha

9. East Kalimantan: 345,426.62 ha

10. North Maluku: 307,425.68 ha