JP\/13\/hutan<\/p>\n
Govt to set a new HTI policy<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The government is set to issue a new package of
\npolicies on industrial forest estates (HTI) in the next two weeks
\nto develop more timber plantations, but without endangering the
\nforests.<\/p>\n
Minister of Forestry M. Prakosa made the remark during a
\nmeeting on Thursday with a number of entrepreneurs who operate in
\nforest estates on Thursday.<\/p>\n
"The minister initiated the meeting because he wanted to
\nexplore and try to find ways to attract more investors into the
\nindustry," said the chairwoman of the Forestry Industry
\nRevitalization Agency (BRIK), Soewarni, who attended the closed-
\ndoor meeting, told reporters.<\/p>\n
BRIK is an agency established by the Ministry of Forestry and
\nMinistry of Industry and Trade but managed by businesspeple to
\nfind solutions to problems in the industry.<\/p>\n
Soewarni refused to to go into detail about the new policy.<\/p>\n
"The move may alleviate the number of unemployment in the
\nforestry sector," she said, while referring to a recent
\nprojection by the Indonesia Employers' Association (Apindo) that
\nsome 600,000 forestry workers might lose job this year.<\/p>\n
Industrial timber estate companies manage a total 2.7 million
\nhectares of the country's forest area. Such companies have been
\nblamed for contributing to the destruction of environment due to
\ntheir failure in rehabilitating and sustaining their resources.<\/p>",
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