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Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya and Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Ignasius Jonan signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on coordination and cooperation in the context of supporting the implementation of duties and functions of the energy and mineral resources, as well as environment and forestry sector, in Jakarta Monday (Apr 29). In a press conference held at the Manggala Wanabakti Building, Monday (Apr29), Minister Siti Nurbaya mentioned the points that become the focus of the cooperation.

"There are a number of points that specifically mentioned in its scope, namely the implementation of forest reclamation and rehabilitation of watersheds by holders of using license of forest areas. Then controlling of licensing arrangements of forest areas, and synchronizing the use of forest areas for energy and mining activities. In the conservation area there are around 20 gigawatts of geothermal sources. So, we have agreed to support energy from geothermal, by still maintaining preservation" Minister Siti said. 

Minister Siti Nurbaya added that regarding climate change control and the implementation of National Determined Contribution (NDC) and energy, the Indonesian government has committed to reduce emissions by 29% through its own efforts and 41% with international assistance. This Memorandum of Understanding is also very strategic value, because it will initiate a cooperation between the apparatus that has been implemented so far. The cooperation will also be followed up with a Cooperation Agreement between Echelon I or Head of the Work Units in accordance with their authority//voi/nuke