Bali provincial government programmed the development of 6.500 hectares village forest. This village forest developmental program is part of the government rehabilitation effort toward critical forest area in which will involve the community around the forest developed.

That 6.500 hectares forest area will be situated in 15 villages and 4 regencies city in Bali. Those four regencies are Jembrana, Buleleng, Bangli and Karangasem.

Head of Bali Forestry, Anak Agung Bhuana in his statement in Renon (July stating that with this village forest system, people live around the forest area will be given a chance to manage the forest and the area around it. It obligates both for protected forest and production forest.

“So the people could manage the forest, starting from plantation and achieve its production for instance wood, but the most important thing here is the plantation process considered as an obligation in order to create sustainable forest,” said Anak Agung Bhuana.

Anak Agung Bhuana explained that 6.500 hectares village forest development had verified by the Ministry of Forestry. Bhuana continued that even though the people has been given the right to manage the forest but felling trees process still under the surveillance of Forestry Agency.

News by Berita Bali