President Jokowi Asks People To Use Productive Land

President Joko Widodo handed over the SK on Social Forests, SK TORA, SK on Customary Forests and SK Indicative on Customary Forests in Humbang Hasundutan Regency, North Sumatra Province/(ANTARA/HO-Press Bureau of the Presidential Secretariat)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo requested that the community immediately take advantage of the productive land that has been given by the Government through the submission of a Social Forest Decree (SK) and a Land Decree for Agrarian Reform Objects (TORA).

"I entrust this right so that the land that has been given the decree is actually used for productive activities. Do not transfer it to someone else," the President said in the handover of the Social Forest Decree, TORA Decree, Customary Forest Decree and Indicative Customary Forest Decree in Humbang Hasundutan Regency. , North Sumatra quoted by Antara, Thursday, February 3.

Jokowi asked the community to immediately plant woody trees from 50 percent of the existing land, while the rest was planted with seasonal crops.

The community is also allowed to use the land that already has the decree for agriculture such as rice, corn and soybeans, plantations such as coffee and fruits, to livestock through an agroforestry pattern.

"Or you can also develop a livestock business. If it is in the mangrove forest, you can also add a fishery business. It is allowed. This is all to be clear," the President said, quoted from a written statement received.

Meanwhile, the Social Forest Decree was handed over by the State to 20 provinces with a total of 722 decrees covering an area of 469,670 hectares for more than 118 thousand families.

Provinces that were given the Decree on Social Forests included North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Lampung, Bangka Belitung Islands, West Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan and Gorontalo.

Then, the provinces of South Sulawesi and Central Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, Bali, East Java, NTB, NTT, Maluku, North Maluku, West Papua.

Meanwhile, the TORA decree was given to five provinces with a total of 19 decrees covering an area of 30,724 hectares, namely North Sumatra, Bangka Belitung, South Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua.

The government also submitted 12 Customary Forest Decrees and 2 Indicative Customary Forest Decrees with a total area of 21,288 hectares for 6,170 families.