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        "id": 1871922,
        "msgid": "klh-highlights-need-for-spatial-planning-improvements-in-sumatras-flood-hit-regions-1784624149",
        "date": "2026-07-21 14:33:28",
        "title": "KLH Highlights Need for Spatial Planning Improvements in Sumatra's Flood-Hit Regions",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Environment",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Ministry of Environment has called for urgent spatial planning revisions in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra following severe hydrometeorological disasters. An evaluation revealed a significant decline in environmental carrying capacity, with over 59 percent of Aceh's territory showing a mismatch between land use and ecological support. The ministry has submitted detailed recommendations to the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning to minimise development pressure on millions of hectares of vulnerable land.",
        "content": "<p>The Ministry of Environment (KLH) has stated that an evaluation of\nflood-affected areas in Sumatra highlights the need for improvements to\nspatial planning, including in zones that serve as ecological\nbuffers.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy for Environmental and Natural Resource Management at KLH\/BPLH,\nSigit Reliantoro, explained during a discussion in Jakarta on Tuesday\nthat an assessment of Regional Spatial Plans (RTRW) and Strategic\nEnvironmental Studies (KLHS) following hydrometeorological disasters in\nAceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra revealed a declining environmental\ncarrying capacity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of carrying capacity, the water resource aspect is very\nlow, as is the food carrying capacity for marine resources. The coastal\nareas of Aceh and North Sumatra appear to have also come under very\nstrong pressure, resulting in damage that undermines their support for\nfood security,\u201d Sigit clarified.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that by comparing maps of protected areas, forests, and\nrelated ecosystem data, it was found that 59.23 percent of Aceh\u2019s\nterritory indicated a mismatch between carrying capacity and\nassimilative capacity. The figures for North Sumatra and West Sumatra\nwere 32.14 percent and 41.67 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, areas where development pressure needs to be minimised\ncover 2.02 million hectares in Aceh, 4.55 million hectares in North\nSumatra, and 766,990 hectares in West Sumatra.<\/p>\n<p>The recommendations compiled by KLH\/BPLH have been detailed down to\nthe district\/city level and submitted to the Ministry of Agrarian\nAffairs and Spatial Planning (ATR)\/National Land Agency (BPN).<\/p>\n<p>Sigit noted that a similar process is not only underway for the\nformer flood zones in Sumatra but is also being conducted for West Java\nand Bali.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy West Java? Because of the recent hydrometeorological disasters\nstretching from Bogor, the Jakarta floods, the Sukabumi floods, to\nBurangrang where several villages were recently hit by landslides,\u201d he\nstated.<\/p>\n<p>For Bali, the evaluation is being carried out considering that the\nregion has experienced several instances of flooding following extreme\nweather phenomena.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/klh-highlights-need-for-spatial-planning-improvements-in-sumatras-flood-hit-regions-1784624149",
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