Jakarta – Minister of Forestry (Menhut) Raja Juli Antoni will report the progress of accelerating the determination of usual forests to President Prabowo Subianto. So far, his party has formed a team by engaging academics with non -governmental organizations (NGOs). “I have just formed a work team to accelerate the determination of usual forests. This team is inclusive involving UGM academics, ITB of various universities, Cendrawasih University, with the team also NGOs,” Raja Juli said in the Presidents Palace Complex, Jakarta, Monday (9/15/2025). Raja Juli said, since 2016-2024, there have been 322 thousand hectares of usual forests determined. In the future, his party will continue to accelerate the legal security of usual forests in Indonesia. He revealed that there was a potential of 1.4 million hectares of usual forests in Indonesia. Browse to continue the content “The purpose is that Asta Cita is to the eight presidents to strengthen the harmony between development, nature, forest and culture, customs there, where I hope that there is still about 1.4 million (hectares) of the potential of usual forests in Indonesia,” he said. “I hope giving legal certainty to usual forests can run quickly. Because I believe that indigenous peoples who can protect the forest well,” he continued. Raja Juli believes that local population will maintain the sustainability of usual forests, so that the balance between the environment emerges. According to him, this has been proven when he visited the Kuta traditional village in Ciamis, which has been established for hundreds of years, but so far has maintained his sustainability. “I visited the Kuta Traditional Village in Ciamis, a village that has been established for hundreds of years, but they could still maintain a balance between development and nature. I entered the forest yesterday, did not wear shoes, it was extraordinary to maintain the forest, nature well, so it never flooded,” he said. (Eva/WHN)
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