Forest For Indonesian’s Future
Toenail Fungus - There is news that enliven children and grandchildren for us. Government through the Ministry of Forestry of hope in the scheme Emission Reduction from Deforestation and Degradation (ReDD), which decided in the meeting COP (Conference of the Parties) to-15 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
ReDD scheme is economically beneficial because it can give injections of funds from the developed countries of USD3, 75 billion or more from Rp33, 75 trillion per year. With this scheme will be more feasible for Indonesia as a provider of forest carbon penyerap to obtain incentives from developed countries are obliged to produce lower carbon emition.
When the implementation of the COP-15 can be applied in 2012, then still have time to optimize profit through carbon trading scheme from ReDD this. ReDD issue is complex and closely associated with bervariasinya causes of deforestation, with the policy of national development, to international market opportunities for forest products.
In this regard, we are required to work hard to maintain the integrity of perambahan forests, illegal logging, forest fires, and the establishment of the forest without a plan. This requires cooperation from all parties. Department of Forestry are currently preparing a road map ReDD divided in three phases.
Preparation phase, namely in 2007, prior to COP-13, the device methodology, implementation strategy ReDD, consultation, until the determination of criteria for selecting the location of the pilot activities. Second phase, transition, conducted in 2008-2012, will test the methodology and strategies based on the mechanism of funding to the market mechanism. On the full implementation phase in 2012 will be applied with a procedure based on an agreement that is taken to COP-15 and the conditions in Indonesia itself.
Potential mega -
Indonesia forest area is 120.35 million hectares groups of tropical forest in the world’s third largest after Brazil and Zaire. This forest has the main function of the lungs of the world and the global climate balance. In addition to broad, the Indonesian forest save other property, namely in global biodiversity rank Indonesia occupied the second position in the world after Colombia.
This is one of the other reasons so that existence must be kept. During the last three decades forest resources has become the main capital of the national economy, which provides a positive impact on increasing state income, employment and encourage the development of regional and national economic growth.
However, the utilization of forest wood are abundant in the last few years, and this changes the size of the forest area for the purposes of nonkehutanan evoke a variety of environmental problems, economic, and social.
Toenail Fungus also found that Forest damage rate for 12 years (period 1985-1987) for the island of Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and reach an average of 2.83 million hectares per year. This damage includes damage to forests due to forest fires in the year 1997-1998 covering 9.7 million hectares.
With the rate of deforestrasi that, then the critical condition of the land at the end of the year 2004 increase to 59.2 million hectares, and foreign exchange income was down to only USD13, 24 billion, or a decline of 16.6%. Damage to forests has resulted in real disaster for the life of the nation, both in the economic, ecological, social, cultural, and moral, and even have negative effects beyond the state.
Financial losses due to crime Forestry, in particular practices, illegal logging and illegal timber circulation in Indonesia (Greenomic, 2004) estimated Rp82 billion per day or according to the World Bank (2002) is estimated to reach USD600 million per year (about four times the annual budget of the Forest) .
This loss comes from, among others, does not dipungutnya Forest Resource Provision, reforestation funds and other tax-tax. Forest resources should be used sustainably and dilestarikan are useful, which is still must consider the contribution of the forestry sector in economic development efforts to the national side in the long-term recovery goals for environmental quality.
With considerations such as the Ministry of Forestry is already lay vision to ensure preservation of Forestry and Forest Improvement Kemakmuran people. Vision described in the form of forestry development mission as follows. First, ensure the existence of the forest area of adequate and proportional.
Second, optimize the various functions of forest and aquatic ecosystem that includes a conversion function, protection and timber production, nonkayu, and environmental services to achieve the environmental benefits of the social, cultural, and economic well-balanced and sustainable. Third, increase the support Regional River Flow (DAS). Fourth, encourage the role of the community. Fifth, ensure that the distribution of benefits and berkeadilan development. Sixth, stabilizing the coordination between central and local governments. Toenail Fungus