Jakarta, Feb. 24 -- The Ministry of Forestry conveyed its readiness to provide land in forest areas if needed as part of the post-disaster recovery in Sumatra.

In a statement on Tuesday, Deputy Minister of Forestry Rohmat Marzuki said that his office is responsible for two main tasks within the Task Force for the Acceleration of Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Sumatra, namely timber clearance and land provision facilitation.

"We are ready to facilitate the provision of land in forest areas if needed and proposed by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) or local governments. For temporary housing, the mechanism used is forest area use approval. Meanwhile, for permanent housing, the mechanism is through forest ...