Deforestation Still Happening in both Centralized and Decentralized Policies

Deforestation or forest logging keeps running even though Indonesia has now been adopting a decentralized policy. "Many people view that the centralized political policies were the major cause of forest destruction and deforestation. In fact, it’s all the same that in both centralized and decentralized policies, deforestation is still occurring; even it is in greater intensity. The only difference is the player," said  a lecturer of Faculty of Forestry, Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Dr. Bahruni in the Public Discussion of Indonesian Forest "A Study of Deforestation Solutions, Reform or Revolution," on Saturday (24/11), Darmaga Campus. This event was organized MT Al Asyjaar, Faculty of Forestry. In the centralized system, the central authorities did the deforestation, while in the decentralized system, it is the local government is doing so.

During the regional autonomy, there has been forest fire in 9.7 million hectares of forest, and illegal logging of 50 million cubic meters of timber. The rate of degradation is 3 million kilometers / year. Kalimantan is the region with the highest rate of decreased land area and Central Kalimantan has the highest decline of 3.8 million ha. Why does it all happen?

"The Islamic view as sated in the Holy Qur’an, Shuratur-Rum verse 41, is that the damage is caused by human hands. In fact it is human beings with their perfect reasoning that become the Earth developer, but now more they are more as the destroyer and shed blood among fellow human beings. We see the presence of concessionaires (Forest Controlling Rights) held by a 12 large groups through their 109 companies," said a researcher of Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Kurnia Wiji Prasetiyo, S.Hut.

According to him, there is the need for a correct point of view on the root of the problem and the solution. We know that the damage is caused by the human hand. The damage done is essentially a form of immorality, which is a sin in the religious view. Therefore, there needs to be a way out of the forestry problems. "Certainly it is not a patchwork of reforms that we want, but the total change, that is, a system revolution. Alternatively we could adopt the Islamic political system that makes the forest as a natural resource that is controlled by the state for the best possible prosperity of the people, not privatization," he said. (Mtd)