OIKN and the East Kalimantan Provincial Government Prevent Illegal Activities in Forest Areas

Nusantara (ANTARA) - The Nusantara Capital Authority (OIKN) and the East Kalimantan Provincial Government are collaborating to strengthen the prevention of illegal activities in forest areas as an effort to preserve forests in order to maintain ecosystems and biodiversity.

“The handling of illegal activities in the Nusantara Capital has a task force, namely the Nusantara Capital Illegal Activity Prevention Task Force, which covers various sectors ranging from forestry to mining and socio-economic activities,” said OIKN’s Special Staff for Security and Public Safety, Edgar Diponegoro, in Nusantara, Wednesday.

The approach being taken now is shifting from prevention to more measured enforcement, to accelerate the handling of various illegal cases.

Edgar, who is also the Deputy Chairman of the Nusantara Capital Illegal Activity Prevention Task Force, continued that the management of forest areas is one of the focuses in the implementation of the task force’s duties, in line with the target of the Nusantara Capital’s ‘forest city’ concept, which stipulates that 65 percent of the Nusantara Capital area is a forest area.

He also said that the strengthening of collaboration with the East Kalimantan Provincial Government regarding illegal activities was discussed the day before, held at the Office of the Regional Secretary (Sekda) of East Kalimantan Province in Samarinda.

“OIKN emphasizes that handling this condition cannot be done instantly or through a repressive approach. We cannot use a radical approach, so the handling must be gradual and based on social considerations while still considering the community’s conditions,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Regional Secretary of East Kalimantan Province, Sri Wahyuni, emphasized the importance of realistic policies and policies based on actual conditions in the community, both in the arrangement of areas and the handling of illegal activities.

“The arrangement of areas cannot only be seen from the planning on paper, but must also consider the current conditions in the community,” said Sri Wahyuni.

A number of strategic steps were also discussed in the meeting, including strengthening conservation partnerships, increasing community capacity through empowerment programs, and population control.