Conservation News: Indonesian Governor Proposes Opening Protected Areas To Logging

Aceh province, Indonesia. Image courtesy of Sumatran Forest and Google Earth.  Read more at http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0212-aceh-spatial-plan.html#XzbgCrmo6TmOC9gi.99
Aceh province, Indonesia. Image courtesy of Sumatran Forest and Google Earth.

Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com

The governor of Indonesia’s Aceh Province on the island of Sumatra has proposed opening up more than 50,000 hectares of protected forest to logging, according to a new analysis by an Indonesian environmental group.

The report, published by Greenomics-Indonesia, is based on analysis of data in a new spatial plan proposed for Aceh. The spatial plan, which lays out the zoning regulations at the provincial level, must be approved by the central government to move forward.

Greenomics found that the proposed spatial plan changes the designation of several large blocks of “protected forest” to “production forest”. The move would effectively rezone these conservation areas for logging concessions. The report did not evaluate the impacts of the proposed changes on blocks of forest under 1,400 hectares, but media reports indicate that other areas may be opening up for mining.

This excerpt from a news article appeared on and is courtesy of the Mongabay website and can be read in its entirety there.

 

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