New Year 2019, Siti Nurbaya: Continue Corrective Action

4. Enhancing the management of the natural resources carrying capacity and environmental carrying capacity. Enhance its implementation is through rehabilitation of forests and lands, prevention of forest and land fires, reduction of deforestation rate, promotion of waste management and reduction of plastic use, circular economy, reduction of mercury use, and environmental pollution control. 

5. Improving Sustainable Forest Mangement smart practices based on 4.0 technology.

6. Improving conservation management strategy by involving local community including indigenous community and stakeholders engagement.

7. Promotion of economic and service added-values. The implementation is through eco-tourism, and geothermal and water based energies. “The target in 2019 is a balance between environmental sustainability and development, promotion of equitable economic contribution through new business configuration and circular economy, as well as strengthening of corrective actions as bases for future development,” she further explained. 

8. Continue to strengthen Indonesia’s NDC achievement below 1,5 Celcius in accordance to the Paris Agreement and Katowice Climate Package. 

9. Continue to strengthen the law enforcement effort in environmental crime.

In contribution for the development 2019 and beyond, Minister Siti tasked the Director General of Social Forestry and Environmental Partnership (PSKL), Director General of Forestry Planning and Environmental Management (PKTL), as well as the Head of the Research and Development and Innovation Agency (Badan Litbang dan Inovasi) the augmentation of the environment and forestry sector to contribute to the to national economic growth. 

The End of Year Reflection and Dialogue attended by staff of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Minister’s Expert Advisers, the Ministry’s partners, as well as the mass media. (adv/jpnn)