Jakarta (Antara Bali) - The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) urged the Indonesian Government to extend the forest moratorium, which will expire in May 2013, to prevent social and environmental conflict in the future.
"If the moratorium is not extended, we are certain in the next five years, social and environmental conflict would rise in the 25 million hectares of Indonesian forest area," Forest and Large Scale Plantation Campaign Manager of Walhi Zenzi Suhadi said here Wednesday.
Therefore, the moratorium on primary forest and peat land should be extended and strengthened, Suhadi said.
"Not only by suspending the forest concession, but also improving the management of forest area and concession as well as determining the penalties against the violating institutions," Suhadi said.
Suhadi said the moratorium, regulated in presidential decree no.11/2011, had not been effectively conducted as the Forum found some attempts of local administrations and authorities to deceive the moratorium by proposing concession for residential area. (IGT)
Walhi Urges Govt to Extend Forest Moratorium
Rabu, 20 Maret 2013 17:30 WIB
