Jakarta – Minister of Environmental Affairs and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar has actually stated that strict sanctions await those “playing around” in forest area, following the enactment of the nation’s first ever omnibus law called Task Development Law.
” If after the omnibus law enactment, there are people still ‘messing around’ in (forest) area, rigorous criminal sanctions will be imposed,” the minister said on her tweet on her official Twitter account @SitiNurbayaLHK on Saturday.
Existing business in forest location will be subject to fines for overdue caused by the past policies, and these fines will become state profits. The largest possible fine will go to the state treasury and will later be returned to individuals, according to her.
” Any past abnormalities must be put in order with strict, clear, and reasonable policies for all parties.
Previously, at a joint press conference on the Task Creation Law held at the office of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Wednesday (7/10), she stated the Task Development Law also attended to the disputes regarding Law Number 41 of 1999 on Forestry, and Law Number 18 of 2013 on Avoidance and Removal of Forest Damage (P3H) ), including on the problem of forest usage without license.
The omnibus law likewise deals with issue on people, both separately or in groups, who have actually been living in forest area for 5 consecutive years. They will undergo administrative sanctions, rather of dealing with punishment as crooks.
Information shows that more than 20,000 towns exist around forest areas, including some 6,700 villages situated in conservation forest locations. Individuals living in those villages will not be criminalized.
The Job Creation Law likewise resolves an enduring problems such as palmoil plantations without authorizations in forest locations.
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