TNI touts its green credentials

TNI touts its green credentials

JAYAPURA, Papua: Despite charges that members of the Indonesian
military (TNI) are often involved in illegal logging, the TNI is
committed to preserving the environment, a senior TNI officer
said on Friday. "Every time government agencies organize
regreening projects, we send at least two TNI soldiers to help
implement them," said the chief of the Jayapura District Military
Command, Lt. Col. Victor Tobing.

The TNI supported the regreening programs as the area of
critical land in Papua province had reached alarming levels, said
Victor. Some 3,000 hectares in the province were barren and of
these 3,000 hectares, 425 hectares were located in Jayapura, the
capital of Papua province. The regreening projects had only
affected 50 out of the 425 hectares in Jayapura so far, so that
more regreening programs would need to be carried out in the
future. -- JP