New Year 2019, Siti Nurbaya: Continue Corrective Action

Minister Siti Nurbaya also expressed her pleasure that from end 2014 to 2018 the ministry that she leads obtained 93 awards, as an achievement which shows that the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, important aspects of good governance, management, budgeting, personel, state own properties management, administration, technology, information, etc. 

“This reminds me of the terms used by President KH Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur regarding kindergarten of an insitution. So, that the Ministry of Environment and Forestry as more advanced Ministry now “ Ministry Siti explained Passing the estafet stick to the next Cabinet. 

It was further explained that, despite the work challenge for the past 4 years, the ministry so far has strive well and subjected to the people and public high expectations, we should therefore continue to do our best .

In preparation for the ending of the cabinet and the handover process “I have prepared the passing or relay of the best practices as well as the corrective actions, so that when time comes the relay can take place smoothly,” Minister Siti said. 

Among the things to be passed on is the social forestry as part of President Jokowis Nawacita, for which 13 million hectares have been allocated for the people. The next step is to ensure of the just distribution mechanism, involving all relevant stakeholders. “Until 2015 this has been going on at the proportion of 96 to 4 percents, meaning that there is only little forest managed by the local people including adat communities. In the next 5-6 years, we hope that 12-13 million hectares of the distribution will be completed, so that the proportion between forests managed by the private sector and by the local people will be 70: 30,” said Siti.

As explained by Minister Siti, for 2019 the Ministry of Environment and Forestry has obtained quite significant proportion of budget for national priority activities, that is around 57-70%. In this regard, Minister Siti requested the staff to perform their best in the following: 
1. Human development through poverty alleviation and promotion of basic services.The implementation is through the Lands for Agrarian Reform (TORA), social forestry, vocational training for local people, and environmental friendly - business mentoring. 

2. Enhancing environmental economy and finance, through the Presidential Regulation no 77 2018 , about the establishment of Indonesia Environmental Trust Fund ( Badan Pengelola Dana Lingkungan Hidup) to support the environmental protection and management. 

3. Promotion of forest products exports and added values. This is implemented through foreign market penetration, increase of production of timber and non-timber forest products, plants and wildlife, new business configuration, and industrial clusters.