The government is asked to strengthen the Contractoral Surround Karhutla

Indonesian Environment Ways (WALHI) highlighted the importance of cross-sector responsibility in the handling of forest and land fires, from prevention, land control to law enforcement to law enforcement against those proven to be abuses.

Forest campaigners and the WALHI Gardens, Umi Ma'rufuh calls the handling of carhutla can't only rely on one instance.

Says he, the central government, the local government, the law enforcement authorities and concession holding companies need to carry out their own obligations to prevent fires and impairment.

"The president needs to make sure that the ministry and agency work in an integrated way, follow up on a serious report, and set a measured target for prevention," said Umi in his statement, Monday (19 / 10).

According to Umi, the surveillance of burnt-out land needs to be reinforced, especially on farm areas and corporate concessions.

Therefore, the government needs to make sure that the licensed holders carry out the fire prevention obligations, including setting up the means and means of blackout.

"Oversight should be done periodically, especially against concession that has a high level of kinship or a history of fire," said he.

Umi also mentioned that the President's Instructions (Inpres) number 3 in 2020 set up various ministerial tasks, institutions, TNI, Polri, to strengthen the prevention, blackout, and law enforcement related to karhutla.

The infusion puts emphasis on reinforcing prevention and law enforcement in carhutla countermeasures. The operation requires cross-agency coordination, from the central government to the local government throughout Indonesia.

According to these rules, the Minister of the Interior, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance, Chief of Finance, Chief of the Baptist.

Then, the Minister of Health, the Minister of Social Services, Minister of Public Works, Minister of Housing and Interior, Minister of Communication and Digital, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Interior, Minister of the Interior Relations.

Next up, the Cabinet Secretary, the Attorney General, the Chief of TNI, the Chief of the National Office of Disaster Relations (BNPB), Head of Meteorology, Clicatology (BMKG), Head of Geospatial Information, Head of the National Agency and Space, National Search and Rescue to the Head of the Office of Research and Technology.

In addition, at the county level, the governor acts as the commander of the carhutla task force at the province level and is obliged to allocate the carhutla maintenance budget in APBD.

The governor is also in charge of drafting county regulations, sanctions to lawless entrepreneurs, and reporting progress to the Home Minister, the Secretary of Environment and Forest, as well as the BNPB.

Meanwhile, the regent and mayor are responsible for managing the carhutla operation as commanding the task force in their respective areas.

They also need to ensure budget availability in APBD, set up zoning regulations, and give sanctions to forestry and agriculture that violate the obligation of carhuthla handling in its region.