Minister says colleagues indifferent<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: State Minister of the Environment Nabiel Makarim
\ncomplained on Tuesday about his colleagues' indifference in the
\ncontroversial road construction project that will cut a large
\nswath through a protected forest in Aceh.<\/p>\n
Nabiel told a hearing with the House of Representatives'
\ncommission VIII on environment that he had been seeking a
\nsolution to the matter by consulting Minister of Regional
\nSettlements and Infrastructure Soenarno and Minister of Forestry
\nM. Prakosa as well as nongovernmental activists and the House
\nlegislators.<\/p>\n
\"But so far there has been no response from the forestry and
\nregional settlements and infrastructure ministers,\" Nabiel said.<\/p>\n
Nabiel said he would consult Prakosa about the appropriation
\nof the forest and Soenarno about the priority road projects in
\nwar-torn Aceh.<\/p>\n
The road project connecting eastern and western coasts of
\nAceh, called Ladia Galaska, will cut through the protected forest
\nin Leuser, which has long served to maintain a rare and fragile
\necosystem.-- Antara<\/p>",
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