Corruption and mismanagement in Indonesia's forestry sector has been detrimental to Indonesian state billions of dollars . Losses experienced by Indonesia in recent years , more than U.S. $ 7 billion .
'' These losses occurred in the period 2007-2011 , according to Human Rights Watch in a report released recently.
The report also criticized " the government's greening program " greening strategy by the government despite the reforms in the Indonesian forestry policy as ddilakukan today , but at the same time continue terjad forest clearing and land rights have been threatened and eye livelihoods of many local people who depend on forests .
"The Indonesian government has done wrong on policy rather than implement greening the forestry sector can mitigate climate change and poverty , but in fact just the evidence suggests otherwise , " said Joe Saunders , deputy program director of Human Rights Watch , in a release to the media recently.
"The funds can be used to improve the welfare of the people who sucked even to enrich a handful of people that run the program will be wasted and just disappear due to mismanagement .
Forest fires in many areas have a lot of sacrifice and life in a rural environment , " the statement added .
'' One of mismanagement in Indonesia's forestry sector has serious consequences for human rights and the environment , according to Human Rights Watch in a report as thick as 61 - page titled : " The Dark Side of Green Growth '' .
'' The impact of the policy in the forestry sector for Human Rights , and the failure of the government to reform the green revolution in Indonesia , eshingga be the cause of the formation of the greenhouse , the increasing pressure on land for the expansion of the forest industry raw material for pulp and the expansion of oil palm plantations has led to violent conflict erupted between the company and the local community that continues to suffer from a small compensation over the replacement of their land , causing loss of livelihood and agrarian conflicts .
This report documents three high- profile conflict in Lampung on Sumatra island in 2010 and 2011 in which a number of local residents and security personnel were killed in the clashes . And with thousands of agrarian conflicts are reported every year - President twlah received reports of 8,495 conflicts in 2012 alone - this case is only the tip of the iceberg , an international rights watchdog said ..
According to the report , companies often are not responsible for failing to honor compensation agreements with the community . At the same time , citizens can be punished severely by police and military personnel who have been paid by the company , to reclaim land disputes or " hunting " or wooden coconuts from their land ..
The Indonesian government has had a hand contributed to the increasing conflict land tenure disputes .
Human Rights Watch report , many cases by the company with the land owner is not responsible for the breach of agreement with compensation and does not comply with its own rules for issuing concessions on land claimed by the people ..
Under Indonesian forest management systems today , the government often gives concessions for logging or plantation development without first membebebaskan land owned by the local community .
This opens the door to conflict over land , and reports documenting cases where local people feel they do not receive proper compensation for their land .
The report shows that rural communities in Indonesia , is the poorest groups of the most disadvantaged in Indonesia ..
" This has been an ongoing problem , but it does not appear that things are getting worse due to increasing pressure to convert industrial land into plantations for feedstock pulp and palm oil concessions , " said Arvind Ganesan , director of business and human rights for Human rights Watch , Mongabay - Indonesia . "
The above events occurred as a result of forestry and plantation policies of the Government of Indonesia, one of which just indulge in global demand for paper and biofuel needs . "
" Plantations and Forestry concessions are given to many companies is a more serious impact could reduce the livelihoods of rural people who still depend on the forests . Granting forest concessions massive concessions occur prominent in the period 1970s - 1990s era boom plywood and veneer industry is booming , as the land is permanently converted to other uses , " Ganesan added .
From 2007 to 2011, illegal logging and forestry mismanagement caused state losses reached U.S. $ 7 billion , according to Human Rights Watch .
The rights group added that the loss has increased in recent years , despite efforts to reform the sector , in 2011, a loss of more than $ 2 billion ..
Many people in rural areas in Indonesia still lack access to doctors and health care adequately . The report argues that by allowing massive losses as a result of corruption in the forestry sector , the government lost the opportunity to provide an important service to the community rather than allowing reforestation funds instead switch to bag a handful of corrupt and the rich .
Inadequate reform ?
The report cites three key reforms that apply - a system for certification of legality of timber , plantation expansion moratorium on forest and peatland , and Indonesia's new freedom of information law . " Each one is an important step to resolve the issue , " said Ganesan Mongabay - Indonesia . .
Timber legality certification system , or TLVS , was enacted partly in response to the requirements in the United States and the European Union banned the import of illegally harvested timber .
System custody of illegal timber , Indonesian audit firm to ensure that the wood is obtained in accordance with the laws of Indonesia . However , the report explains , this audit did not see if the wood is harvested on land claimed by the community , both local communities should be consulted or to give free, prior and informed them , or if communities are compensated by the company to access them even less attention . .
In its report , Human Rights Watch called the decision Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in May to renew the two -year moratorium on the issuance of new concessions in primary forests and peatlands " bold , is a positive step . "
However , this group also showed a number of serious gap . The moratorium is only for new licenses , so the concessions issued before the policy was enacted in 2011 exempted .
As a presidential decree , there is also no legal sanctions for those who violate these policies . And the moratorium is temporary , intended to give time to reform the forestry sector . In the report , the NGO urged the Indonesian government to determine what specific reforms should be carried out before the moratorium can be lifted only beupa symbol on paper only ..
Freedom of Information Act in Indonesia , which came into force in 2010 , is a positive step towards reforms - the forestry sector , Human Rights Watch acknowledges in its report , although the group stated that the implementation is still far ..
" The Freedom of Information Act has not been fully implemented and often sporadically enforced , even when the court order the disclosure of information , " said Ganesan Mongabay - Indonesia . He further explained that the lack of availability of information and oversight in the forestry sector has provided a way for criminals . "
The report also discusses the decision of the Constitutional Court recently in Indonesia , the government said the practice of granting concessions over customary land is unconstitutional . This ruling may offer some hope for forest communities , Human Rights Watch said .
However , the report also warns that the mapping and registration of customary land necessary to implement this decision is " a minefield of opportunities for continued corruption and disenfranchisement that may lead to increased conflict . " .
( mongabay.com / .
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