BRG Spends IDR152 Billion on Fire Prevention Efforts and Activities
BRG Spends IDR152 Billion on Fire Prevention Efforts and Activities
02 November 2017
published by http://www.en.netralnews.com
INDONESIA: JAKARTA, NETRALNEWS.COM – The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has spent IDR152 billion or 36 percent of its 2017 total budget for various land fire prevention and economic revitalization activities.
Myrna Safitri, Deputy for Education, Socialization, Cooperation, and Partnership at BRG, said on Wednesday (11/01/2017) that it has spent IDR117 billion on wastewater infrastructure and economic revitalization activities, and IDR35 billion for institutional strengthening, capacity and empowerment.
BRG has been working with communities, civil society groups, and local governments to restore peatlands in seven targeted restoration provinces: Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and Papua.
Myrna said BRG together with community groups has built water infrastructure such as channel canals and boreholes in dozens of villages.
In addition, BRG also conducted non-fuel land management trials, development of local commodities, fishery business development, livestock breeding and honey bee cultivation.
Through the Peat Concern Village Program, BRG supports efforts to improve the welfare of communities and raise participation in peat restoration in 75 villages and sub-districts in Sumatra, Papua and Kalimantan.
There are 13 types of activities in Peat Concern Village Program such as social mapping and community managed peat mapping, peatland rural formation, facilitating BUMDes development, legal empowerment through mediators and peatland paralegals, facilitating access to social forestry and agrarian reform.
BRG also facilitates the development of community knowledge and innovation such as peat craft.
