More critical land found in Aceh

More critical land found in Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam: Critical land within the
conservation forest in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam has reached 1.4
million hectares from the total forest area of 3.3 million
hectares.

The destruction was a result of forest mismanagement, said
executive director of Aceh's Indonesian Forum for the Environment
(Walhi) Muhammad Ibrahim on Wednesday.

The critical land will make the forest more prone to
landslides and floods, he said.

He said that the provincial administrative had continued to
issue forest concessions which would cause the loss of 70,000
cubic meters of wood annually.

Ibrahim called on the government to pay more attention to the
matter as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had announced his
commitment to fighting illegal logging. --Antara