The government budget proposal Rehabilitation Add Forest USD 3 Trillion

Jakarta - The government proposed the additional budget of forest rehabilitation programs and land up to Rp 3 trillion in the Draft Budget of the State of Change 2010. "There will be discussed with the House of Representatives," said Minister of Forestry in the House Zulkifli Hasan Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Jakarta, Friday (19 / 3).

According to Zulkifli, the budget for the program before very little, only Rp 500 billion. Of these funds, the government is only able to plant 500 thousand trees, far from the target of planting 2010 trees as much as 1 billion trees.

To get around this problem, the Ministry of Forestry led some companies to do the tree planting program as part of corporate social responsibility or corporate social responsibility (CSR). Companies that have been invited include PT Aneka Tambang, PT Timah, PT Djarum, and PT HM Sampoerna.

However, Zulkifli insisted the government would not ask for funds from these companies. The government will only mapping areas of critical and offered to be rehabilitated by these companies. "So they planted directly, financed directly, so there is no money to the government," said Zulkifli.

Government through the Ministry of Forestry will continue to oversee the planting, with mechanisms measurable, reportable, and verifiable (MR). "Every six months we will measure, grow or not. We inspect, planted right or not," said Zulkifli.

Maintenance of these trees are also charged to the company's plant. Later, when the company would call the tree planting area with their company name, the government gave permission. "The companies are getting much benefit from the earth earth, conserve natural that participate.







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