Samenvatting

The rehabilitation forest on the Waste Dump Paringin South (WDPS) of PT Adaro Indonesia was established in 2015 and 2016. The area is on the Paringin mining site near Tanjung, South Kalimantan, Indonesia. Although trees were planted on the whole area and the starting conditions were similar, the area had strong variations in the tree density in 2019. Some parts of the area had dense forests with a closed canopy while other parts had almost no trees. This research was carried out to investigate if the soil conditions or topography influenced the tree species distribution and abundance on the rehabilitation area.