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Yudhoyono Criticizes Foreign Environmental NGOs
Kamis, 22 Desember 2011 00:00
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Yudhoyono Criticizes Foreign Environmental NGOs
Arientha Primanita | December 22, 2011
A heavy machine clearing up forest in Tripa swamp forest, Nagan Raya, Aceh province, Indonesia. Villagers who live around the forest filed a law suit against Aceh A heavy machine clearing up forest in Tripa swamp forest, Nagan Raya, Aceh province, Indonesia. Villagers who live around the forest filed a law suit against Aceh's charismatic governor Irwandi Yusuf for giving a private company a permit to convert it into a palm oil plantation. (AP Photo)
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday criticized foreign environmental organizations that he claimed overly attacked Indonesian forestry policy.
“Don’t mess with Indonesia as if our nation has no government, no people and as if Indonesia doesn’t want to save its environment,” he said during a speech at a Mother’s Day celebration.
He said criticism is constructive, but Indonesia has been overly criticized.
While it is positive to maintain forests, he said that it was equally important to increase people’s welfare by creating forestry businesses, such as palm oil plantations.
“But if Indonesia is requested to close down all palm oil plantations, it will destroy Indonesia’s economy and millions of people will lose their jobs,” he said. “This is overwhelming.”
Indonesia has made several international media headlines recently after a controversial permit was issued by Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf for a pristine, wildlife-rich forest to be razed and replaced by a palm oil plantation.
Yudhoyono said all nations in the world have a moral obligation to contribute to the effort to save the environment, especially advanced nations where he claimed forests have almost disappeared.
“Indonesia plants a billion trees a year, and it should also be done by other nations for the sake of humanity worldwide.”
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