Satya Bumi claims that Prabowo’s remarks regarding palm oil could endanger the environment.

Satya Bumi Claims That

Satya Bumi claims that Prabowo’s remarks regarding palm oil could endanger the environment.

President Prabowo Subianto’s claim that the growth of palm oil plantations would not affect. Deforestation was disputed by the environmental advocacy. Satya Bumi claims that. As president of state. Prabowo’s statement would be understood as an order to continue extending territory and opening up natural forests. Which would damage the environment.

According to our analysis, Indonesia’s upper cap of oil palm has a mere 18.15 million hectares of environmental potential. Given that Indonesia’s palm oil sector has been overgrowing over the last 20 years.

Muttaqien claims that if the expansion of the palm oil business is allowed to continue uncontrolled. The findings of economic and environmental calculations indicate the possibility of significant long-term losses.

Furthermore, although it grew in 2022. Deforestation associated with oil palm plantations actually declined from 2018 and 2021, according to Mapbiomas data. “But instead of adding more acreage or clearing natural forests, the government should intensify,” he stated.

According to Muttaqien, Prabowo’s remarks went against Indonesia’s deforestation control efforts and other climate pledges. “He truly does not have a proper grasp of deforestation as a head of state.”

According to Muttaqien, the term “deforestation” refers to the alteration of protected forests’ landscapes. In order to enable them to sequester vast amounts of carbon. 15% of yearly human emissions, or 7.6 million tons of carbon, can be stored in tropical rainforests.

According to Muttaqien

Deforestation occurs when natural forests are cleared to create room for monoculture crops. Such those that produce palm oil. “Monoculture plantations like oil palm can suck up nutrients that are hard to restore to natural forests. In addition to reducing the potential to trap carbon,” he said.

According to Muttaqien, oil palm is not the same as natural forest cover, even though it has leaves and trunks. “Trees in the forest. Are entirely different from oil. Palms planted on ground that was formerly part of a natural forest. Oil palm is a monoculture that cannot replace natural forests,” he stated.

President Prabowo Subianto had already stated that the government needed to expand and grow the number of palm oil farms. Speaking during the National Development Planning Conference (Musrenbang) for the 2025–2029 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) on Monday, December 30, 2024, Prabowo urged people not to be scared of deforestation.