Pesan dari TN Kerinci Seblat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Listya Kusumawardhani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "manggala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 1:29 AM Subject: RE: [Envorum] Fw: [alloprimate] URGENT ACTION REQUIRED TO SAVE LEUSER
> > > -----Apa yang terjadi di TN Gunung Leuser menunjukkan bahwa pemerintah masih > mendua dalam menunjukkan komitmennya terhadap kawasan konservasi. Sama > halnya dengan yang saat ini terjadi di TNKS (TN Kerinci Seblat) dan kawasan > konservasi lainnya. Di TNKS saat ini Pemkab Merangin Prop. Jambi telah > membangun jalan selebar 8 m di Desa Tanjung Kasri sampai Renah Kemumu. > Skenario pembuatan jalan ini telah terencana sejak tahun 2000 dan pada tahun > 2002 Pemkab membangunnya dg dana DAU. Herannya sebelum pembangunan > berlangsung, dan kami menanyakan kepada Pemkab, selalu jawabannya tidak ada. > Bahkan pada bulan Feb. 2002 Bupati Merangin merupakan salah satu Bupati yang > menandatangani kesepakatan dg 4 gubernur dan 9 bupati lain yang wilayahnya > disekitar TNKS untuk mendukung pelestarian TNKS. Alasan pembangunan jalan > selalu dikaitkan dg kebutuhan dan keinginan masyarakat yang sudah ada di > dalam kawasan sebelum penetapan TNKS. Masalahnya saat ini, jalan sudah ada > dan tidak ada pihak Pemkab yang menunjukkan kepeduliannya dg dampak adanya > jalan ini thd. kelestarian TNKS. Terus terang saja, saya sebagai pengelola > TNKS akan merasa tidak adil apabila dikemudian hari apabila terjadi > kerusakan lingkungan di wilayah tersebut, semua akan menunjuk bahwa TNKS-lah > yang bertanggung jawab. > > Menurut saya, para pencinta lingkungan harus buru-buru bersama mengajukan > petisi kepada pemerintah, agar rencana jalan yang menimbulkan fragmentasi > itu tidak akan pernah dilaksanakan. > > LISTYA KUSUMAWARDHANI > KEPALA BALAI TNKS > > > > Subject: URGENT ACTION REQUIRED TO SAVE LEUSER > > > > > > > > > Dear Colleagues > > > > > > > > > 1. The Leuser Ecosystem, one of the most important conservation areas on > > > earth, is now threatened with destruction. > > > 2. The provincial government of Aceh, supported by local governments > > > around the Leuser Ecosystem, is pushing ahead with a major road network > > > called 'Ladia Galaska' that will eventually lead to the destruction of > > > all high biodiversity areas in Leuser. After a meeting in Jakarta on > > > 26th November 2002, the provincial government of Aceh got approval from > > > the ministers of the central government, against the advice of concerned > > > NGO's, to go ahead with the controversial road development plans. (The > > > meeting was attended by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Minister of > > > Infrastructure Development, Minister of Forestry, and Minister of > > > Environment, Governor of Aceh, regents of local governments in Aceh, > > > SKEPHI [the Indonesian NGO's Network for Forest Conservation], AMAN > > > [Alliance of Traditional Peoples of the Archipelago], Conservation > > > International-Indonesia, Leuser International Foundation, and Leuser > > > Management Unit). > > > > > > 3. Since some of the local governments do not follow the laws over > > > proper environmental impact assessments (EIA's), only intervention by > > > the President of Indonesia, through lobbying by NGO's and the donor > > > community, can prevent the destruction of Leuser. > > > > > > 4. Current roads through Leuser have already led to uncontrolled logging > > > that has led to floods that, in turn, have caused major destruction of > > > public infrastructure and loss of lives. USAID was the first donor > > > agency to fund roads through Leuser in 1982 that split the Mount Leuser > > > National Park in two, leading to uncontrolled illegal settlements inside > > > the National Park, as well as an ever expanding wave of encroachment, > > > illegal logging and poaching of endangered species. > > > > > > 5. The Ladia Galaska road network will not solve the 'Aceh problem', but > > > will lead to wasted investments through rampant corruption. > > > > > > 6. A major international meeting is scheduled for December 3rd 2002 in > > > Tokyo as a "Preparatory meeting for the rehabilitation and > > > reconstruction of Aceh", to be attended by at least 23 countries and > > > co-sponsored by Japan, the USA and the World Bank. The meeting is an > > > incentive to the Government of Indonesia and the armed separatist Free > > > Aceh Movement (GAM) to sign a peace deal on 9th December 2002. > > > > > > 7. Without pressure on the donor countries to support sustainable > > > development in Aceh conditional upon there being no destruction of the > > > Leuser Ecosystem, corrupt local governments in Aceh will substitute > > > their own state funds and push ahead with the road networks that will > > > destroy Leuser. For example, a Japanese agency (JBIC) funded a bridge at > > > Runding in Aceh Singkil in 2002 that leads straight into the Singkil > > > Swamp Wildlife Reserve. This will allow direct access for illegal > > > loggers to log the swamp forest that contains 46% of the bird species of > > > Sumatra and the largest single population of the Sumatran orang-utan. > > > Although JBIC is currently being sued by PHBI and SKEPHI, donors can > > > hide their irresponsibility behind corrupt governments. > > > > > > 8. An alliance of local NGO's in Indonesia has been formed to campaign > > > against the new road projects in Leuser. Since it is a political issue > > > to go ahead with the roads, they need more support from international > > > NGO's and concerned individuals to lobby the donors. > > > > > > 9. Please lend your support to Leuser by writing a short, polite letter > > > to your own government leaders or the Ambassadors of the sponsoring > > > countries requesting a commitment from the donors that no funds will be > > > provided unless the provincial and local governments in Aceh commit to > > > stopping all destruction and degradation of their natural forests, > > > ncluding the Leuser Ecosystem. If possible, please put a cc to the > > > President of Indonesia and the Governor of Aceh. Copies of your letters > > > can also be sent to SKEPHI, the Indonesian Forest Protection NGO that is > > > helping to co-ordinate the campaign in Indonesia: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or > > > Fax No. 62-21-7981766, or Kompleks Liga Mas Indah. Blok E-I/3, Duren > > > Tiga, Pancoran, Jakarta 12760, for attention of Hasjrul Junaid. > > > > > > 10. Then forward this e-mail to as many concerned individuals, reporters > > > and NGO networks that you can as soon as possible. Please send the > > > letters even if it is after the date of the first meeting on December > > > 3rd as there will be follow-up meetings afterwards. The local > > > governments in Aceh are already pushing ahead with the roads on the > > > ground, so your letters count, as soon as possible. > > > > > > 11. Please also be positive to support aid for the reconstruction of the > > > war-stricken Aceh, through proper sustainable development, to help > > > alleviate the decades of suffering of the Acehnese people, but request > > > that this support be conditional upon no destruction of the environment. > > > > > > 12. A briefing document is provided in the attached file. This document > > > contains some sensitive information required to understand the > > > background and is not for general distribution in Indonesia. Local > > > customs strongly discourage direct criticisms of individuals, and all > > > letters copied to government officials should respect this. > > > > > > > > > Thank you for your anticipated action. > > > > > > Yarrow Robertson > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > alloprimate will not allow negative comments about individuals, > > > institutions, or organizations. > > > > > > *Bushmeat Awareness Group* > > > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BushmeatAwarenessGroup> > > > > > > Please use the address <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> when posting to > > alloprimate. > > > > > > Replies to alloprimate posts automatically set the address field to > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Be CAREFUL with personal replies! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! 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