APOTENT weapon will soon come out of the Manggala Wanabhakti building in Senayan. It is in the form of a presidential instruction on illegal logging eradication. The Department of Forestry hopes the new law will be effective in stopping log thieves.

The department should indeed be concerned. As holder of authority on forests, they are like toothless tigers before the criminals. The police, expected to take action, up until now are not serio