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Chairman of the DPC
Indonesian Farmers Union (SPI)
District
Sukabumi
, West Java, Rozak Daud said that only around 12.72 percent of the forest area in the area now remains.
According to him, forest areas continue to be eroded due to land conversion, especially into tourist areas and non-timber plantations.
“Protected forest areas that should act as buffers for water discharge are now no longer able to carry out their ecological functions,” he said, Wednesday (10/12) as quoted from
detikJabar
.
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The major Selabintana floods some time ago are the clearest evidence of the impact of workers converting forest land.
In this incident, the Selabintana highway, Sukabumi, turned into a fast river that dragged along traders’ carts and motorbikes.
According to Rozak, this condition cannot be separated from the practice of renting land, which he considers problematic and triggering large-scale land clearing.
His party suspects that there is potential for irregularities in the management of state assets because land whose Cultivation Rights (HGU) have expired is still being rented out and converted into cafes or tourist attractions.
“If the upstream area is no longer able to hold water, then major flooding in Sukabumi City is just a matter of time,” he said.
Residents also admitted that they felt the impact when the flood occurred, allegedly due to the forest being increasingly deforested.Ratono (58), a resident of Cisarua Girang Village, said that flash floods nearly half a meter high dragged motorbikes and submerged kiosks.
“Yesterday’s flood was quite large and twice the usual. Apart from the small water channel, the buildings are getting more massive. At the foot of Mount Gede, plantation land has been turned into a number of cafes,” said Ratono.
Last Friday (5/12), heavy rain that fell on Sukabumi again made Jalan Selabintana, Sukabumi District, change like a river.
Meanwhile, based on satellite image data and residents’ reports, the shrinking of green areas is now no longer just a worry but a real threat to Sukabumi’s safety.
“This is not just a matter of economics and business. This concerns the safety of Sukabumi residents as a whole,” said Rozak.
Satellite image
Launching from
detikJabar,
The shrinking green area in Sukabumi is increasingly showing its impact.
A comparison of a number of satellite images shows a significant decrease in vegetation cover, especially in the area at the foot of Mount Gede Pangrango and in urban areas.
This trend exacerbates the risk of floods and landslides that recently hit Selabintana.
In the compared satellite images, the Sukabumi area was initially dominated by a dark green color, indicating dense vegetation cover that spread evenly from the city to the rural areas.
However, now, the vegetation appears to be fragmented, thinning, and replaced by brown areas which indicate land clearing and expansion of settlements.
The transition zone at the foot of Mount Pangrango, which provides an ecological buffer for Sukabumi, is decreasing in density as land conversion increases.
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