PERTANIKA JOURNAL OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE

Forest plantation industry is one of the components in forestry industry which is being developed to ensure continuing supply of timber and fibre resources. Currently, the total area of forest plantation is 250, 000 ha and in the future Malaysia aims to double this area to 500,000 ha. In order to achieve this target, strategies need to be developed. With this in mind a multi-stakeholder analysis was undertaken. The objectives of the multi-stakeholder analysis were: to discuss the trend in forest plantation management in Malaysia, to understand the opportunities and obstacles present in the forest plantation management, and to formulate recommended actions for forest plantation management in Malaysia. The multi stakeholder analysis was conducted using the cognitive group- mapping approach where a network of concepts and issues are linked to form chains of argumentation. The concepts and issues were aggregated, linked and prioritized to form strategy statements. From the strategy statements, recommended actions were proposed. The recommended actions can be used to help chart the future direction of forest plantation management in Malaysia.