InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The government might focus on delivering solution on illegal palm oil plantations that many discussed.

Executive Director of Segara Research Institute, Piter Abdullah said this happened for the ineffective coordination in the government itsel.

Piter suggested the government should get better coordination to manage spatial, namely in changing context that would significantly deliver impacts, just Like European Union would regulate. “The changing in spatial should be a consideration carefully to avoid harmful consequences,” he said, as InfoSAWIT quoted from IDX Channel, Tuesday (16/7/2024).

Prior, Chairman of Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA), Eddy Martono said about the name of illegal palm oil plantations by the government. He thought, the claim might not be correct because the companies got legal permits to operate.

“A company could not operate without having permits. The problem was not in the company itself but the changing regulation of spatial that had something to do with one company’s operation,” Eddy said.

To deliver solution on the polemic, the government should escalate transparency and coordination among the instance in spatial management. This would be clear for every party and confirming that the changing spatial should be considering every stakeholder’s interests fairly and transparently. (T2)