{"id":143,"date":"2020-09-30T09:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/tradehub\/?p=143"},"modified":"2020-10-22T03:25:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T03:25:31","slug":"scientist-says-sustainability-is-enshrined-in-indonesian-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/tradehub\/2020\/09\/30\/scientist-says-sustainability-is-enshrined-in-indonesian-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientist says sustainability is enshrined in Indonesian constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Originally posted on ThePalmScribe.id<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Indonesia, there is no other avenue for its economy other than being sustainable and that the principles of sustainability and environmentally oriented were both enshrined in the Indonesian constitutions in its fourth amendment in 2002, a senior scientist said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf we open up the reformation verses, in article 33, point four of the Constitution of the fourth amendment, it is crystal clear that sustainability is now part of our constitution,\u201d Heri Purnomo, Scientist, Smallholder and Community Forestry, at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) told a recent policy dialogue entitled \u201cTowards Sustainable Palm Oil in Indonesia: Reconciling Economic Development and Forest Conservation,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that talking about sustainable palm oil is not just because of the demand or the European Union, for example, but because it is mandated in the constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe national economy implemented based on economic democracy with the principles of togetherness, fair efficiency, sustainability, environmentally friendly, independent and maintaining a balance between progress and the unity of the national economy,\u201d Article 33, Point 4 of the fourth amendment of the Constitution says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heri said that if Indonesia wanted to have a great economy, then it should meet sustainability standards. \u201cThis sustainability should be now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heri, however, admitted that much is still needed to be done in the Indonesian palm oil sector, first and foremost, was to raise productivity which was still very low, especially among smallholders who account for around 40 percent of the country\u2019s oil palm plantations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur land is also wide enough for oil palm in deep peat soil to be moved elsewhere, step-by-step,\u201d he said, adding that Indonesian was currently undertaking an agrarian reform. Heri said that there were actually many programs initiated by the president that was \u201creally good,\u2019 but the problem was sometimes, Indonesia was not transparent and as a result, many had no knowledge of these programs or did not believe they were actually being undertaken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heri said that if the government was transparent, the progress that the government has already achieved and was on the way to achieve would become more credible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He cited the case of the environment and forestry affairs ministry which was already willing to admit that deforestation was still taking place, albeit now at a slower rate. But other officials in the government are stating the opposite, that there was no deforestation taking place. This, he said, made the government\u2019s own statement less credible in the eyes of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author: Bhimanto Suwastoyo<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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