ID :
77489
Sat, 08/29/2009 - 00:25
Auther :
Shortlink :
https://oananews.org//node/77489
The shortlink copeid
GOVT, HOUSE COMPLETE ENVIRONMENT BILL DELIBERATIONS
Palangkaraya, C Kalimantan, Aug 28 (ANTARA) - Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar said the government and House of Representatives (DPR) had completed deliberations on an Environment Bill and were expecting it to be passed into law within a week's time.
Speaking to reporters covering his visit to Jabiren village, Pulang Pisau, on Friday, he said the government and the House had also agreed that the environment law would be given a title that clearly indicated it was designed to protect and manage the living environment.
"Under the law, we will have to protect the environment and manage it in sustainable ways for the sake of our own and the next generations," he said.
Speaking about the problem of frequent land and forest fires in Central Kalimantan, Witoelar said to overcome it, the entire apparatus of the provincial administration should be able to prevent such fires by familiarizing the public with the existing regulations on preventive measures, and enforce them by applying firm sanctions to violators.
"Thereby, the frequency of land and forest fires can be minimized most effectively and at minimum cost," he said.
According to the minister, the frequency of land and forest fires in the country had now reached a worrying level. Monitoring via the NOAA satellite recently had shown there were a total of 18,000 hot spots in the country of which 7,400 were located in Central Kalimantan.
Speaking to reporters covering his visit to Jabiren village, Pulang Pisau, on Friday, he said the government and the House had also agreed that the environment law would be given a title that clearly indicated it was designed to protect and manage the living environment.
"Under the law, we will have to protect the environment and manage it in sustainable ways for the sake of our own and the next generations," he said.
Speaking about the problem of frequent land and forest fires in Central Kalimantan, Witoelar said to overcome it, the entire apparatus of the provincial administration should be able to prevent such fires by familiarizing the public with the existing regulations on preventive measures, and enforce them by applying firm sanctions to violators.
"Thereby, the frequency of land and forest fires can be minimized most effectively and at minimum cost," he said.
According to the minister, the frequency of land and forest fires in the country had now reached a worrying level. Monitoring via the NOAA satellite recently had shown there were a total of 18,000 hot spots in the country of which 7,400 were located in Central Kalimantan.
