Ministry issues reforestation decree

Wed, 19 Nov 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: ANTARA

JAKARTA: The Ministry of Forestry handed a decree on
reforestation to a number of provinces on Tuesday, that will
provide the legal ground for its efforts to rehabilitate damaged
forests next year.

The decree was handed over to 10 provinces -- Lampung, North
Sumatra, West Sumatra, West Java, Central Java, East Java, North
Sulawesi, Gorontalo, South Sulawesi, and South Kalimantan.

The ministry intends to rehabilitate forests and critical land
in 236 regencies across the country.

The country's deforestation rate is 2.4 million hectares per
year. -- Antara

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