45% of Kalimantan allocated for conservation and protected forest
Friday, January 20 2012 - 04:11 AM WIB
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has issued a presidential regulation on special planning of Kalimantan island allocating about 45 percent of the island for biodiversity conservations and protected forest aimed as the ?lung? for the world to protect the planet.
The regulation No 3/2012 says the remaining area of the Kalimantan would be developed among others as the country?s mining center for mineral, coal, oil and gas as well as for plantations. Kalimantan would also be the center for the food storage houses / barns for the country to meet the food self-sufficiency.
Kalimantan bordering with Malaysia would also be developed as eco-tourism area based on its tropical forests resources.
The regulation said that to meet the target for Kalimantan as center for energy resources, the government would develop a number of power plants using new and renewable energy sources such as coal-fired power plants, gas-fired power plant (PLTGU), and gasified coal fired plant (PLTGB) and power plant engineering (PLTMG).
The government would also develop hydro power plants (PLTA), Mini-hydro power plant (PLTM) and solar power plant (PLTS).
The regulation says the Kalimantan would also be developed as the national center for downstream industries of mineral, coal, oil and gas products which would be located in Balikpapan, Tenggarong, Samarinda, Bontang and Tarakan.
The processing activities for mineral, coal, gas and oil products are designed to be centered in Muara Teweh, Tanjung Redeb, Sangata, Nunukan, Tanjung Selor, Malinau and Tanah Grogot.
Editing by David Mustakim