RIL-C (Reduce Impact Logging)

Penebangan Berdampak Rendah — Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) Suryadi Mentemas tags trees at the number four concession logging area in the Kalimantan region of Borneo, Indonesia where the logging company he works for has been given permit to proceed with reduced impact logging (RIL). © Bridget Besaw

A study led by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Princeton University

has shown that the absence of logging companies puts inactive concessions at a higher risk of deforestation from encroachment than from active concessions.

Case Study

Reduced Impact Logging . RIL-C or Reduce Impact Logging has the potential to reduce permanent emission up to 40% or 40.4 ton C/ha and contributes to at least 13% of the total emission reduction target.

YKAN|TNC will help active timber concessions to adopt both the multi-use business approach and reduced-impact logging practices. “Reduced-Impact Logging for Climate Change Mitigation,” also known as RIL-C, is a logging practice conducted through meticulous planning and control to minimize environmental impact to forests and lands.

To illustrate, the average carbon emission for logging in East Kalimantan is 51.1 ton C/ha (1.5 ton C/m³ every log). This number represents 20.6% of the total of living trees that exist in the forest before logging. RIL-C or Reduce Impact Logging has the potential to reduce permanent emission up to 40% or 40.4 ton C/ha and contributes to at least 13% of the total emission reduction target.