Member of commission IV of House Siswono Yudhohusodo regretted axing of
forestation budget by the ministry of forestry such would make programs not
evenly distributed and would hamper forestation priorities. Budget reduction by
the ministry of forestry to the amount of Rp359 billion, would supposedly have
the reduction portion minimized. House member Siswono expressed his grievances
to the minister of forestry Zulkifli Hasan at the parliament building on Monday
[16/10].
Against ceiling budget of the ministry of forestry 2014, budget was
being reduced to Rp1.78 trillion against ceiling of budget of 2013. According
to Suswono, axing of budget to that extend might hold back priorities for
forestation program. Although the ministry of forestry had proposed new
initiative worth Rp1 trillion, the indicative ceiling budget of 2014 remained
to be lower than 2013.
Furthermore in the management of integrated Riverbank Zones [DAS] in 11
DAS, Siswono called the attention of the ministry of forestry to prioritize
rivers which were the source of water for reservoir lakes. Many lakes were in
the process of shallowing which was truly disheartening. For example in
Kalimantan, many rivers turned into paths for people’s traffic and were not
passable in the dry season.
In addition to that was proposed that Commission IV of House summoned
happening in their operational zone. The destruction happening in the Dieng
highland was extremely terrible and the same thing was happening in nearly all
mountainous zones in Java. Many forests under the management of PT Perhutani
were also in critical condition and must be rehabilitated at once. (SS)
Business News - June 14,2013
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