*Over 4,000 Hectares of Forest Destroyed in Aceh in Five Months* *Note:* *.... bukti KEBERHASILAN SYSTEM EKONOMI SYARIAH ....AMMIINNN.... *
On 2 October 2016 at 14:48, 'Sunny' [email protected] [nasional-list] < [email protected]> wrote: > > > http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/4000-hectares-forest-destroyed- > aceh-five-months/ > > > > > *Over 4,000 Hectares of Forest Destroyed in Aceh in Five Months* > > *Jakarta.* More than 4,000 hectares of forest have been destroyed in the > Leuser Ecosystem Zone in Aceh province over a five-month period this year > due to changes in land use, according to nongovernmental organization the > Aceh Natural Forests and Environment, or HAkA. > > Agung Dwinurcahya, manager for geographic information systems at HAkA, > said the total forest cover was reduced from 1,820,726 hectares in January > to 1,816,629 hectares in June. > > The Leuser Ecosystem Zone stretches over 13 of the province's 23 > districts, but most of the forest destruction took place in East Aceh, with > up to 1,870 hectares. > > In the districts of Gayo Lues and Central Aceh, 405 hectares were lost, > while South Aceh saw a loss of 378 hectares. > > Additionally, 187 forest fire hotspots were recorded in the province > between January and June, with 56 in East Aceh alone. Hotspots were not > monitored in North Aceh, West Aceh and Aceh Singkil. > > "Hotspots are directly proportional to the loss of forest cover in Aceh. > Take East Aceh for example. The district saw the largest number of > hotspots. These are the main contributors to deforestation," Agung said on > Thursday (29/09). > > While the 927 hectares lost in East Aceh occurred mainly in production > forests, most of the 184 hectares lost in Gayo Lues losts were in protected > areas. > > Agung added that the largest forest loss in a limited production forest > occurred in Southwest Aceh, with 46 hectares. In South Aceh, most of the > losses occurred in wildlife reserves, with up to 70 hectares, while > national parks in Southeast Aceh lost 123 hectares. > > According to environmental news website Mongabay, the Leuser Ecosystem > also recorded 2,398 forest crimes during the period. > > Nearly a quarter of the crimes, mainly involving poaching, illegal road > construction, illegal logging and forest encroachment, occurred in Aceh > Tamiang district. > > +++++ > > > > *Aceh, Jakarta, West Papua Prone to Conflicts During Regional Elections: > Police* > > *Jakarta.* Aceh, Jakarta and West Papua are three provinces the police > deem to be most prone to conflicts during next year's regional elections, a > senior officer said. > > These three provinces are among seven — along with 18 cities and 76 > districts — across the country which will hold simultaneous elections to > elect their regional leaders in February 2017. > > National Police policy analyst Chief Comr. Rikwanto said the police will > deploy more forces in these three provinces, but also stressed that > security situations can change anytime. > > "It doesn't mean that conflicts won't happen in the other regions. We'll > keep our eyes open," Rikwanto said on Thursday (29/09). > > Rikwanto did not explain in details why the police will take extra caution > in Aceh, Jakarta and West Papua, saying only that Jakarta has tended to > "heat up" ahead of its gubernatorial elections. > > The police will deploy around 100,000 personnel during the regional > elections — 11,000 of them assigned to Jakarta. > > >
