Tempo Interactive, Friday, 27 November, 2009 | 21:36 WIB
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: Environment group Indonesia Friends of the Earth (Wahana Lingkungan Hidup - Walhi) has urged the government to suspend expansion of forest exploration, stressing that forest recovery program will not do enough without moratorium on forest exploitation.
Director Executive Berry Nahdian Forqan said on Friday Rehabilitation is not enough without moratorium. he said there should be no expansion on forest exploitation during forest recovery.
Walhi urged the government to create comprehensive recovery program which involved local governments and review then revoke all forest exploitation license which have been used for other purposes unspecified in the original license.
Berry confirmed the statement made by the new Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan that forest area in the country has decreased to only around 20 percent.
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