Presentation of the Peat Restoration Initiative Pilot Region, on Tuesday (26/7), in Mahligai Sultan Adam Martapura, attended by the Regional Secretary H Nasrunsyah accompanied by Head of Spatial Planning and Building Disperkim Banjar Galuh Tantri Narindra, Head of the Environment Agency and Banjar Farid Soufian, head of Regional Disaster Management Agency Banjar Sunarto.
Banjar regency paid serious attention to the restoration of peat. Increased land and forest fires each year in Indonesia, particularly in the peatlands continue to be a concern of government, both central and local.
Therefore, Banjar has the third largest peatland in Kalimantan Selatan and now is focusing facing drought expected to hit at the end of this year.
Banjar Regional Secretary H Nasrunsyah explained, this condition causes each year are found hotspots or hotspots that can lead to flammable peatland and damage the environment and harm the health of the population.
The purpose and goal Peat Restoration Team’s arrival is to explain how to cope with peat fires are one of them to provide irrigation through canals that were made in the peatland.
“I am very grateful, because Banjar concern with Peat Restoration Team, because the potential level of the fire was so high,” said Secretary Banjar.
Sekda Banjar very optimistic about the solutions provided. He was very hopeful, dots peat fire in Banjar district later in the dry season can be addressed and controlled.
There are also present in these peat exposure, DFS and Section Tapem Setda Banjar Banjar, Head Martapura, Peat Head, Head of the River Head gnashing of Tabuk and representatives Hanyar (pus / bomb / 260 716)