Data Check: Gibran Claims 1.5 Million Hectares of Customary Forests Have Been Recognized, Is This True?
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Vice Presidential Candidate (cawapres) number 2, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, stated that 1.5 million hectares (ha) of customary forests have already been recognized by the state.
He made this statement during the fourth series of the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential Debate, themed "Sustainable Development, Natural Resources, Environment, Energy, Food, Agrarian, Indigenous Communities and Villages," at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC), Jakarta, on Sunday (21/1/2024).
It should be noted that the status of customary forest designation by the state is based on the issuance of a Decree from the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK). Based on data cited from the Directorate General of Social Forestry and Environmental Partnership KLHK, in 2022, only 221,200 hectares of customary forests were recognized by the state and designated through a Decree from KLHK.
This Decree issuance is through the Social Forestry scheme, with one of its legal umbrellas being the Minister of Environment and Forestry Regulation Number 9 of 2021 concerning Social Forestry Management.
According to the data, the total amount of access granted to manage forest areas to communities through various schemes in Social Forestry is 6,372,449.22 hectares. Central Kalimantan was the province with the largest recognition of customary forests in 2022.
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