Claims on Peat Restoration
The environment and forestry ministry finds that 83.43 percent of the peat ecosystem are damaged. It claims the restoration of 3.1 million hectares of peat in concession areas.
Dini Pramita
August 1, 2022
INVENTARIZATION done by the environment and forestry ministry (KLHK) in 2022 revealed that 83.43 percent, or 20.27 million hectares out of the total peat ecosystem of 24.667 million hectares are damaged. Sigit Reliantoro, Director-General of Pollution and Environmental Damage Control (PPKL), said that only 16 percent, or some 4.024 million hectares, of peat area is not spoiled. The damage level of the peatland varies from light, medium, bad, to v
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