The long-term target of the timber plantation project of the Forestry Department is to develop about 30,000 net hectares, which aimed to eventually producing a sustained yield of timber for the country.
Three groups of species were planted for the project such as follows:
| Group of Species | Rotation Age
(years) | Species of
trees |
| Fast Growing Hardwoods | 15 | ▪ Acacia mangium
▪ Sentang (Azadirachta excelsa) |
| Medium Growing, High Quality Hardwoods & Tropical Conifers | 35 | ▪ Klinkii Pine (Araucaria hunsteinii)
▪ Teak (Tectona grandis)
▪ Caribbean Pine (Pinus caribaea)
▪ Large Leaf Mahagony (Swietenia
macrophylla) |
| Slow Growing (Local Dipterocarps) | 50 | ▪ Kapur (Dryobalanops spp)
▪ Tulong (Agathis borneensis)
▪ Kawang Jantung (Shorea
macrophylla)
▪ Other Dipterocarp species |
The project was carried out within the Inter-Riverine Zone – Zone
between Tutong and Belait River (Kawasan Mukim-Mukim Sungai Liang, Bukit Sawat,
Rambai, Sukang and Melilas).
As of 2016, there have been about 5,211 hectares of timber plantation established since 1992:
