Ministry issues reforestation decree

Wed, 19 Nov 2003 | 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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