Jakarta, June 25 -- The Forestry Ministry is promoting the transformation of forest area utilization through a multi-enterprise forestry scheme to increase the economic value of forests.

This value increase is estimated to be up to 10 times greater than conventional timber-reliant business models.

The Director General of Sustainable Forest Management at the ministry, Laksmi Wijayanti, stated in a media briefing in Jakarta on Thursday that the low economic value of forests remains one of the main challenges in sustainable forest management.

This condition often makes forest areas less competitive than other land uses that are considered more economically profitable.

"If we continue with our current business model, the value per hectare...