JAKARTA - Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni, revealed several factors that caused flash floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. One of them is damage to water catchment areas (DTA).
"The disaster of flash floods and landslides, especially in 3 provinces, namely Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, occurred due to a combination of several related and related factors," said Raja Juli in a meeting with Commission IV of the DPR RI at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, December 4.
"First, there is a compound tropical cycle that makes extreme weather and high rainfall, but also there is due to the form of watershed geomorphology, and the third is of course due to damage to water catchment areas or DTA," continued the PSI politician.
Raja Juli juga mengungkap kondisi deforestasi hutan Indonesia. Pada 2025, kata Raja Juli, deforestasi Indonesia hingga bulan September, menurun 23 persen.
"I emphasize, until September, because we will measure again at the end of December, Indonesia's deforestation until September decreased by 49,700 hectares when compared to 2024, or decreased 23.01 percent," he said.
The decline in deforestation, he said, was also identified in three provinces affected by flooding in Sumatra.
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"In Aceh, it decreased by 10.04 percent. In North Sumatra it decreased by 13.98 percent, and in West Sumatra it fell by 14 percent compared to 2024," said Raja Juli Antoni.
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