Indonesia’s Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya Bakar on 12 March announced a team to manage complaints related to environment and forestry issues (Tim Pelayanan Penanganan Kasus-kasus Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (TP2KLHK)). Aside from government officials Himasar Sirait, the ministry’s environmental law enforcement deputy, and Prie Supriadi, the ministry’s forestry inspector general, the team consists of independent experts including Chalid Muhammad, coordinator of the Green Indonesia Institute, Abdon Nababan, AMAN Secretary General, Myrna Safitri, Epistema Institute, Noer Fauzi Rachman, Sajogyo Institute for Indononesian Agrarian Studies, Teguh Surya, from Greenpeace, Sandra Moniaga Commissioner at the National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM).
According to Nurbaya, the team will handle cases that victimize people and incur state losses, such as land disputes between indigenous people and companies, as well as environmental destruction cases.
Reports can be submitted online through the website:
https://pengaduan.menlhk.go.id
Via SMS: 0811 932 932
Via email: [email protected]
Or in person on the first floor of the Environment and Forestry Ministry, Gedung Manggala Wanabakti Blok 1, Jalan Gatot Soebroto, Senayan, Jakarta.
