The environment of several areas in East Kalimantan is facing threats where human settlers have begun to use forest areasSamarinda, E Kalimantan, Jan 23 (ANTARA News) - A legislator has said that a special regulation is needed to protect and preserve the environment in East kalimantan.
"The environment of several areas in East Kalimantan is facing threats where human settlers have begun to use forest areas," Ali Hamdi, a member of Commission II on environment of the House of Representatives (DPR), said here on Thursday.
Besides, coal mining business has also entered the protected forest areas according to report, he said.
Ali Hamdi said that if there was no a special regulation which was firmly implemented, the existence of the protected forests in the Samarinda-Balikpapan areas would disappear.
"The protected areas which stretch 50 km along the Balikpapan - Samarinda main roads need a special attention so that the environment could be protected. It should not happen that building structures destroy the environment," he said.
He said that the special regulation was needed to prevent the construction of buildings the protected forest areas along the road.
In the meantime, Environmental Affairs and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya has said that consistent cooperation under a single system is needed to preserve the environment, particularly forests.
"Consistent cooperation under one system involving all stakeholders can be efficient and effective in overcoming forest destruction," the minister said in Jakarta on Thursday.
She emphasized there must be consistent cooperation between the government, business world, environmental activists, media, and other parties for handling problems affecting forests.
Siti Nurbaya stressed the involvement of all players and institutions in carrying out the analyses of damage to forests under a single leadership so as to address problems.
"We need to find out how to knit it with one leadership so as to prevent forest fires and preserve our ecosystem," she added.
She remarked that all parties, including the business world, must take part in the efforts to prevent forest fires and damage to the environment.
"There can be a good system involving the business world that knows the tools and ways, but it has not yet been knitted well," she noted.
The same is the case with the central and local governments. They should establish a strong collaboration and coordination, the minister added. (*)
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