KSP Ensures To Oversee The Draft Presidential Decree For The Acceleration Of Social Forestry

AMAN Secretary General Rukka Sombolinggi (left) and Jayapura Regent Mathius Awoitauw (center) at a press conference related to KMAN VI in Jakarta/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Main Expert Staff of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Theo Litaay ensured that KSP continues to monitor efforts to accelerate the establishment of social forestry, one of which is by overseeing the draft Presidential Decree on Integrated Planning for the Acceleration of Social Forestry Management. from the President, then KSP will directly oversee it," said Theo, when met by the media, after a press conference related to the VI Congress of the Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (KMAN) in Jakarta, Thursday, July 14. He highlighted that social forestry has been adopted by local governments in several areas. Provinces, although some are still in the process of being adopted in their respective provinces. "We are pushing for the process to be adopted by the regions," he said. Previously, the approval of the Presidential Regulation draft initiative on Integrated Planning for the Acceleration of Social Forestry Management was approved by President Joko Widodo on April 27, 2022. Theo also men express their support for the implementation of the Traditional Village Regulation, as has been implemented by the Jayapura Regency Government, Papua, because it includes the entire environment and nature of customary law communities. social.

"With the current situation, we see that the social forestry approach is a good alternative," he said. In the same event, Secretary General of the Alliance of Indigenous Peoples of the Archipelago (AMAN) Rukka Sombolinggi highlighted the importance of recognizing the rights of indigenous peoples, with the determination of customary forests being one of the one component in it. "Determination of customary forest is a bonus, the administration of what is called customary forest is most important in full recognition of the existence of indigenous peoples and their ulayat rights," said Rukka Sombolinggi.