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Indonesia reviewing cooperation with Singapore in environment, forestry matters: Report
All procedures concerning planned bilateral collaborations in environment and forestry matters with Singapore have reportedly been put on hold.
By Chandni Vatvani, Channel NewsAsia
Posted 15 May 2016 16:19
JAKARTA: Indonesia is reportedly reviewing all existing, planned and future bilateral cooperation in environment and forestry matters with Singapore.
In a report by environmental news website foresthints.news on Saturday (May 14), Indonesian Minister of the Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya said she was leading the review process herself, and that the review was a substantial step that needed to be taken.
She added that there was a set of clear and measured criteria for the review process, and that this could see some existing bilateral collaborations terminated.
The minister spoke to foresthints.news on Thursday, after meeting with government officials in her office.
“We are looking at these bilateral collaborations in terms of substance. If it comes down to breaking off any existing bilateral collaborations, this would be the logical consequence of a substance-based review process,” the minister told foresthints.news.
She was quoted as saying that the bilateral collaborations up for review would even include projects concerning haze and forest fire-related issues. Currently, all procedures with respect to planned bilateral collaborations have reportedly been put on hold.
Dr Nurbaya said she had already drafted a letter to be sent to a number of local governments, asking them to refrain from any direct bilateral cooperation with Singapore, especially with regard to issues related to haze and forest fires.
“Once again, this also forms part of the review process for all bilateral collaborations in the field of the environment and forestry with Singapore,” the minister told foresthints.news.
The minister stated that the review process was part of a set of measures being undertaken by Indonesia alone, and it was not a joint process with Singapore.
“We are only going to inform Singapore at a later stage, of the existing bilateral collaborations that are to be terminated, as well as those planned collaborations which will not go ahead. Basically, we only feel obliged to notify them (the Singapore Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources) of our decisions,” the minister was quoted as saying.
Her comments came after Singapore’s National Environment Agency last week issued a court warrant in an attempt to question the director of one of the Indonesian firms linked to illegal forest fires that caused the haze last year.
The director did not attend the interview and an Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman said it lodged a protest against Singapore’s actions. However, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs later labelled the comments "puzzling", saying no such protest was received at its embassy in Jakarta.
Singapore has also put in a request to the Indonesian government for data and information on companies associated with and involved in last year’s forest fires, which caused last year's prolonged haze spell.
According to foresthints.news, Dr Nurbaya said her ministry would continue to uphold local laws. It will impose suspensions or revocations for concessions which violate rules and take court action where needed, she stated.
“We uphold the law in an independent manner based on Indonesia’s own laws and regulations. We certainly don’t rely on data and information derived from other countries as the basis for our legal processes," Dr Nurbaya said.
"We are not looking for a scapegoat for not enforcing the law. The objective of our law enforcement measures is to create conditions which enable the prevention of any recurrence of land and forest fires this year and any other year in the future,” the minister was quoted as saying.
- CNA/ek
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/...g/2786818.html (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/indonesia-reviewing/2786818.html)
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Indonesia reviewing cooperation with Singapore in environment, forestry matters: Report
All procedures concerning planned bilateral collaborations in environment and forestry matters with Singapore have reportedly been put on hold.
By Chandni Vatvani, Channel NewsAsia
Posted 15 May 2016 16:19
JAKARTA: Indonesia is reportedly reviewing all existing, planned and future bilateral cooperation in environment and forestry matters with Singapore.
In a report by environmental news website foresthints.news on Saturday (May 14), Indonesian Minister of the Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya said she was leading the review process herself, and that the review was a substantial step that needed to be taken.
She added that there was a set of clear and measured criteria for the review process, and that this could see some existing bilateral collaborations terminated.
The minister spoke to foresthints.news on Thursday, after meeting with government officials in her office.
“We are looking at these bilateral collaborations in terms of substance. If it comes down to breaking off any existing bilateral collaborations, this would be the logical consequence of a substance-based review process,” the minister told foresthints.news.
She was quoted as saying that the bilateral collaborations up for review would even include projects concerning haze and forest fire-related issues. Currently, all procedures with respect to planned bilateral collaborations have reportedly been put on hold.
Dr Nurbaya said she had already drafted a letter to be sent to a number of local governments, asking them to refrain from any direct bilateral cooperation with Singapore, especially with regard to issues related to haze and forest fires.
“Once again, this also forms part of the review process for all bilateral collaborations in the field of the environment and forestry with Singapore,” the minister told foresthints.news.
The minister stated that the review process was part of a set of measures being undertaken by Indonesia alone, and it was not a joint process with Singapore.
“We are only going to inform Singapore at a later stage, of the existing bilateral collaborations that are to be terminated, as well as those planned collaborations which will not go ahead. Basically, we only feel obliged to notify them (the Singapore Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources) of our decisions,” the minister was quoted as saying.
Her comments came after Singapore’s National Environment Agency last week issued a court warrant in an attempt to question the director of one of the Indonesian firms linked to illegal forest fires that caused the haze last year.
The director did not attend the interview and an Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman said it lodged a protest against Singapore’s actions. However, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs later labelled the comments "puzzling", saying no such protest was received at its embassy in Jakarta.
Singapore has also put in a request to the Indonesian government for data and information on companies associated with and involved in last year’s forest fires, which caused last year's prolonged haze spell.
According to foresthints.news, Dr Nurbaya said her ministry would continue to uphold local laws. It will impose suspensions or revocations for concessions which violate rules and take court action where needed, she stated.
“We uphold the law in an independent manner based on Indonesia’s own laws and regulations. We certainly don’t rely on data and information derived from other countries as the basis for our legal processes," Dr Nurbaya said.
"We are not looking for a scapegoat for not enforcing the law. The objective of our law enforcement measures is to create conditions which enable the prevention of any recurrence of land and forest fires this year and any other year in the future,” the minister was quoted as saying.
- CNA/ek
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/...g/2786818.html (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/indonesia-reviewing/2786818.html)
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?229676-Sinkie-Indon-relationship-hits-new-low-under-VB&goto=newpost).