Menteri Siti Nurbaya Tuding Leonardo DiCaprio Kurang Informasi
Indonesia Minister Says DiCaprio Needs More Information
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
MENTERI Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (LHK) menuding aktor pemenang Oscar Leonardo DiCaprio tidak mendapat informasi yang lengkap ketika ia mengkritik perusakan hutan tropis saat berkunjung ke taman nasional yang dilindungi pada Maret lalu.
Komentar DiCaprio mengusik pejabat Direktorat Jenderal Imigrasi Kemenkumham dan mengingatkan bahwa DiCaprio dicekal masuk ke Indonesia, namun Menteri LHK Siti Nurbaya mengapresiasi aktor pemeran utama film Titanic dan berhadap dapat bekerja sama dengannya di masa depan.
Aktor Hollywood melakukan kunjungan satu hari ke Taman Nasional Gunung Leuser di Sumatera Utara dan mengunggah foto-foto tersebut ke akun Instagram-nya, mengungkapkan kekhawatiran atas spesies yang habitatnya terancam oleh perkebunan kelapa sawit.
Namun kegiatan yang bertujuan meningkatkan kesadaran tentang hewan yang terancam punah dan melestarikan lingkungan berubah cepat menjadi bumerang. Pemerintah Indonesia, sementara itu, bertindak kurang tepat, setelah para pejabatnya membuat pernyataan yang saling bertentangan.
Siti Nurbaya mengatakan hal itu "agak disayangkan" bahwa DiCaprio belum memperoleh informasi yang komprehensif tentang deforestasi di Indonesia selama dekade terakhir dan upaya pemerintah saat ini untuk menuntut perusahaan yang melanggar hukum lingkungan.
Dia mengatakan dia tidak diberitahu terlebih dahulu tentang kunjungan aktor ke Sumatera tetapi fakta di imigrasi menunjukkan DiCaprio telah mengikuti prosedur yang tepat dan didampingi oleh pejabat kehutanan.
Praktik membabat hutan dan lahan untuk membuka lahan perkebunan setiap tahun pada musim kemarau, memicu kebakaran hutan dan asap yang mencemari negara-negara tetangga dan mengakibatkan kerugian ekonomi. Kebakaran kerap dipicu oleh aksi membuka lahan untuk pertanian dan perkebunan kelapa sawit, seperti dilansir Associated Press yang dikutip MailOnline.
INDONESIA'S environment and forestry minister says Oscar-winning actor Leonardo DiCaprio lacked complete information when he criticized the destruction of rainforests during a visit to a protected national park last month.
His comments prompted immigration officials to warn that DiCaprio could be barred from reentering Indonesia, but the minister, Siti Nurbaya, said she appreciates his good intentions and hopes to cooperate with him in future.
The Hollywood star made a one-day visit to protected Mount Leuser National Park in northern Sumatra and uploaded photos to his Instagram account, expressing concerns over species whose habitats are threatened by palm oil plantations.
But the apparent effort to raise awareness about endangered animals and burnish the star's environmental credentials quickly backfired. The Indonesian government, meanwhile, has appeared inept, with officials making conflicting statements.
Nurbaya said it was "rather unfortunate" that DiCaprio had not obtained comprehensive information about deforestation in Indonesia over the past decade and the current government's efforts to prosecute companies that violate environmental laws.
She said she had not been informed in advance about the actor's visit to Sumatra but subsequent checks showed DiCaprio had followed proper procedures and was accompanied by forestry officials.
Slash-and-burn practices destroy huge areas of Indonesian forest every year during the dry season, creating haze that pollutes neighboring countries and causes massive economic losses. The fires are often set to clear land for agriculture, including palm oil plantations.
