Stunted Regrowth

Reforestation funds, meant for the rehabilitation of forests in critical condition, have not yet been disbursed due to the red tape and bureaucratic mentality involved.

January 21, 2003

THE complaint was heard on the outskirts of the village of Pandantoyo, near Temayang, in the regency of Bojonegoro, East Java. "Reforestation of this forest cannot be carried out because the funds that were allocated for this purpose are still with the Finance Minister." It was a senior official at the Forestry Ministry—none other than Minister M. Prakosa himself—who made this statement on January 4 this year, when he visi

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