Number LPF Issued
Table 1: Number and Location of LPFs Issued
Year |
Number of LPF issued |
Total |
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Kuching |
Samarahan |
Betong |
Sibu |
Kapit |
Mukah |
Bintulu |
Miri |
Limbang |
Lawas |
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1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
1998 |
|
|
|
1** |
2 |
|
4 |
3 |
|
1 |
11 |
1999 |
|
|
|
1*** |
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
|
5 |
2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
2001 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
2002 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
5 |
2003 |
|
|
|
1** |
3 |
1/1**** |
|
|
|
|
6 |
2004 |
|
1 |
1 |
1** |
|
|
|
1 |
1* |
|
4 |
2005 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
2007 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
1/1**** |
|
|
|
|
2 |
2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
2010 |
|
|
|
|
|
1**** |
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
2018 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45 |
* Limbang/Lawas ** Kapit/Sibu *** Sibu/Bintulu **** Mukah/Sibu
*Licence active 43
Under clause 26 of the Forests (Planted Forests) Rules,1997 the Government has allowed the LPF holders to plant oil palm covering 20% of the plantable area for one cycle of 25 years to allow flexibility in their cash flow management.
As at Dec 2019, a total of 451,362 hectares of the land areas has been planted for 1st rotation and 2nd rotation 87,455 hectares with trees. Out of this, 197,188 hectares have planted with oil palm and 93,894 hectares have planted with enrichment planting.