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Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry is committed to continuously creating a green and healthy eco-friendly city. To achieve the program, Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry will continue to strengthen cooperation with various parties and specifically to supervise the city forest area. This was conveyed by Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar in a special interview with Voice of Indonesia in Jakarta on Tuesday (20/3).

“The Ministry of Environment and Forestry will strengthen collaboration with city planners, real estate, and people to make our cities greener and healthier. We actually has also ministerial decree issuance in 29, kind of guidelines for forest city management and providing supervision for city government on their preparation for city forest. So, we work on that aspect now,” Siti Nurbaya said.

Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar moreover stated that the commitment to realize environmentally friendly city is in line with the 1945 Constitution related to the implementation of Human Rights. Due to the right of people to live in a healthy and green environment is part of human rights. Related to the linkage between forests and cities, Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar explained that the city is heavily dependent on forests because it supplies vital needs for people in cities such as water, fresh air, and other necessities// Trs.Rezha/Edt.N