JAKARTA: In an effort to prevent forest fires, the government needs to introduce a regulation that prohibits the conversion of burned forests into plantations, a lawmaker has said.
“Just check, which burned forests have not been converted into plantations? Nearly all burned forests turn into plantations,” said Saleh Partaonan Daulay, chairman of House of Representatives’ Commission VIII overseeing natural resources, as reported by kompas.com on Saturday.
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