JAKARTA - MPR Chairman Ahmad Muzani highlighted allegations of illegal logging practices as one of the factors that exacerbated flash floods in a number of Sumatra areas, which hit recently.
Muzani, after attending a tea banquet with President Prabowo Subianto, at the Presidential Palace complex, Jakarta, said he concluded that the alleged illegal logging was based on information circulating on social media.
"If you look at the pictures and photos that we have seen, whether in Aceh, or in North Sumatra, it seems that the wood that was washed away was wood from a long time ago, not the wood that was cut recently or the wood that collapsed due to the storm," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, December 2.
Responding to questions about public protests regarding the rise of illegal logging issues, Muzani said there were allegations of uncontrolled logging activities in the upstream area.
Muzani said that if the allegations were true, then the problem of illegal logging should be a serious concern for all environmental policy makers.
"This means that if that is true, it means that there is an uncontrolled illegal logging that causes, which is one of the reasons this disaster can exacerbate and be exacerbated," he said.
He reminded that negligence in protecting forests can cause similar disasters in the future and threaten the safety of the next generation.
"This is enough to be the last lesson," he said.
He also encouraged the government and law enforcement officials to ensure that environmental supervision runs decisively and consistently.
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