Jakarta, Dec. 15 -- President Prabowo Subianto ordered the addition of forest rangers (Polhut) to strengthen supervision and prevent encroachment and illegal logging, as informed by Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni.

Antoni cited the example of Aceh, which is only manned by 30-32 forest rangers on duty for a forest area of 3.5 million hectares.

"The President directly asked me to double the number of our forest rangers to address illegal logging in our forests," the minister remarked in a press statement at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Monday.

According to him, the order also serves as moral support for the Ministry of Forestry and the forest rangers currently on duty.

"I, along with my colleagues in the forestry sector, am ...