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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - In a policy dialogue held on Indonesia's 75th Independence Day (Aug 17), Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya emphasized that the government is fully aware of movements that seem scientifically based, but which rely solely on “claiming” and “blaming".
"Movements that resort to claiming and blaming, especially in the field of the environment and forestry, clearly lack substance and do not see Indonesia as a unified landscape in a representative time-series basis," Minister Nurbaya explained during the dialogue at the ministry building.
"These movements which claim and blame should know the extent to which land-based permits were issued, including levels of deforestation, based on a comprehensive time series basis,” she added.
If the time-series for these periods are ignored, she pointed out, this means that a comprehensive time-series is clearly not being used.
Minister Nurbaya also said that movements which claim and blame are unprofessional as they fail to look at Indonesia as a whole in addition to using an incomplete time-series.
"For example, there are movements that are set up to focus on a particular forestry issue which go on to make certain claims about the ministry's work output to the global public, when in fact we know they haven't been involved at all."
"That's an example of a manipulative character and it's a rising trend,” the minister lamented.
The following photos show scenes from the Indonesian Independence celebration at the ministry building, which among other things featured a joint prayer session.
Minister Nurbaya reiterated that movements which claim and blame are not beneficial to Indonesia because they merely cast blame on the government and make unfounded claims about its work output.
"In general, engaging with groups who just claim and blame is a total waste of time, and this is particularly the case in the COVID-19 pandemic period," she said.
She cautioned that amidst the difficult conditions caused by the global pandemic, the growth of the forestry subsector needs to continue on the positive trajectory seen in the second quarter of 2020.
According to the minister, in today's very difficult situation, time must be devoted to ensuring that the forestry sub-sector continues to grow positively and that labor-intensive programs aimed at increasing public purchasing power continue to be expanded.
"These are among our priorities during the COVID-19 crisis, besides working to make sure that forest and land fires are kept to as low a level as possible,” the minister said.
She added that the government simply needs to anticipate which movements are likely to claim and blame and not engage with them.
In closing the policy dialogue, Minister Nurbaya reiterated the message on Indonesian independence day to continue striving as much as possible to protect forests and peatlands at a certain scale, by paying attention to all landscapes using a comprehensive time-series.
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JAKARTA (FORESTHINTS.NEWS) - In a policy dialogue held on Indonesia's 75th Independence Day (Aug 17), Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya emphasized that the government is fully aware of movements that seem scientifically based, but which rely solely on “claiming” and “blaming".
"Movements that resort to claiming and blaming, especially in the field of the environment and forestry, clearly lack substance and do not see Indonesia as a unified landscape in a representative time-series basis," Minister Nurbaya explained during the dialogue at the ministry building.
"These movements which claim and blame should know the extent to which land-based permits were issued, including levels of deforestation, based on a comprehensive time series basis,” she added.
If the time-series for these periods are ignored, she pointed out, this means that a comprehensive time-series is clearly not being used.
Minister Nurbaya also said that movements which claim and blame are unprofessional as they fail to look at Indonesia as a whole in addition to using an incomplete time-series.
"For example, there are movements that are set up to focus on a particular forestry issue which go on to make certain claims about the ministry's work output to the global public, when in fact we know they haven't been involved at all."
"That's an example of a manipulative character and it's a rising trend,” the minister lamented.
The following photos show scenes from the Indonesian Independence celebration at the ministry building, which among other things featured a joint prayer session.
Minister Nurbaya reiterated that movements which claim and blame are not beneficial to Indonesia because they merely cast blame on the government and make unfounded claims about its work output.
"In general, engaging with groups who just claim and blame is a total waste of time, and this is particularly the case in the COVID-19 pandemic period," she said.
She cautioned that amidst the difficult conditions caused by the global pandemic, the growth of the forestry subsector needs to continue on the positive trajectory seen in the second quarter of 2020.
According to the minister, in today's very difficult situation, time must be devoted to ensuring that the forestry sub-sector continues to grow positively and that labor-intensive programs aimed at increasing public purchasing power continue to be expanded.
"These are among our priorities during the COVID-19 crisis, besides working to make sure that forest and land fires are kept to as low a level as possible,” the minister said.
She added that the government simply needs to anticipate which movements are likely to claim and blame and not engage with them.
In closing the policy dialogue, Minister Nurbaya reiterated the message on Indonesian independence day to continue striving as much as possible to protect forests and peatlands at a certain scale, by paying attention to all landscapes using a comprehensive time-series.
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