JAKARTA - The Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut) reported that the potential area for rehabilitation as part of disaster management reached 49,197 hectares (ha), with the largest area in North Sumatra (Sumut).
Director of Forest Rehabilitation of the Directorate General of Regional Water Resources Management and Forest Rehabilitation (PDASRH) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, M Saparis Soedarjanto, said that his party had listed the potential for post-disaster rehabilitation of flash flood and landslide areas in three provinces on the island of Sumatra.
"The potential area for rehabilitation in the context of handling the Aceh 9.876 ha disaster, North Sumatra 36.271 ha and Sumber 3.050 ha," said Saparis in response to ANTARA's question, Friday, January 9.
Previously, his party also identified a number of forest rehabilitation areas affected by floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.
Based on a report from the Agam Kuantan River Basin Management Office (BPDAS) in West Sumatra, the rehabilitation area planted with an area of 1 hectare was affected by the disaster.
Not only that, the BPDAS Asahan Barumun in North Sumatra reported an area of 10 hectares in Singgalang Village which was part of the planting location in 2024, was also affected by the disaster.
In the Krueng Aceh BPDAS area, an area of 280 hectares was carried out in 2025 and 40 hectares were planted in 2024 in different locations were also affected.
The data is the result of a rapid identification in the period 28 November-10 December 2025 and may change with the latest additions.
Previously, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported that as many as 1,180 people died due to disasters in several areas of Sumatra. A total of 145 people are still missing and 238 thousand people have been displaced, based on data as of Friday, January 9.
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