XI WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS Antalya, Turkey, 13 to 22 October 1997
	VOLUME 2, TOPIC 9 SUMMARIES OF VOLUNTARY PAPERS PROGRESS AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM UPPER SOLO (WONOGIRI) CONSERVATION PROJECT TO CONTROL SEDIMENTATION IN THE WONOGIRI DAM, INDONESIA R. Sudradjat 1 A soil and water conservation project has been conducted in the Solo Watershed (120 064 ha) to reduce the suspended load of the six tributaries of the Solo River which flows into the Wonogiri Dam. Land rehabilitation and soil conservation measures were conducted through vegetative techniques and physical structures. The result of evaluation after five years of project implementation (1989-1994) shows the increase of lifetime of the dam from 27 years to 50 years and the increase of agricultural products, animal populations and farmers' income. Food products increased by 32.8%, estate plantations by 13.7%, animal husbandry by 65.2%, forestry 22.3% and fisheries 37%. Income of farmer participants of terrace rehabilitation and social forestry increased by 270% and 280% respectively. Employment opportunities absorbed 370 man-days/a for terrace rehabilitation and 240 man-days/a for social forestry. Animal populations increased by 200% for cows, 150% for goats and 270% for sheep. Per capita income increased from 4.79% in 1988/1989 to 10.27% in 1992/1993. This project is interesting not only for its success in technical and economic aspects, but also for the concept of the programme which necessitated coordination and cooperation of several institutions. Keywords: Wonogiri Dam, catchment area, sedimentation, social forestry, farmer participation. 1 Watershed Management Technology Center, FORDA Jl. A. Yani-Pabelan, PO Box 295 Solo 57102 Indonesia. Facsimile: (62 271) 716709/716959 Previous Section Next Section   Download the Pdf file for this topic (195 K) What is a Pdf file ?   Back to Top of the page
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