The Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto said the Environmental Fund Management Agency (BPDLH) had pocketed IDR 14.52 trillion in funds. The funds will be used to manage the environment and waste management.
“The existing funds reach US$968.6 million or IDR 14.52 trillion. Those are sourced from the Forestry Reforestation Fund, the Global Environmental Facility, from the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, and so on,” he said at the 2009 National Environmental Fund Management Working Meeting. 2022, Wednesday (21/12/2022).
Airlangga explained that since 2018 Indonesia has established an Environmental Fund Management Agency (BPDLH), whose function is to fund activities that focus on sectors such as forestry, energy, mineral resources, forestry, carbon trading, environmental services.
“Waste or waste industry, transportation, agriculture, marine, fisheries,” continued Airlangga.
These funds can be used by various parties in the government, Ministries/Institutions. This is in accordance with President Joko Widodo’s directives (Jokowi). In Airlangga’s presentation it was written that environmental management had been discussed at the BPDLH National Work Meeting which was held December 21-22, 2022. There were three discussions at the meeting.
The first is the dissemination of global and national commitments in environmental protection and management, including climate change control and the role of local governments in supporting the achievement of these commitments. The second is the coordination mechanism and working relationship between the central government and regional governments in managing environmental funds. The third is the identification of the potential for cooperation between the government and local governments in mobilizing global and national funding through the BPDLH vehicle.
Airlangga asked for Jokowi’s direction so that this BPDLH should focus on managing waste or garbage in the regions. Second, the development of mangrove plants.
“Earlier in the initial conversation, the President asked to focus on waste or waste management areas, and secondly for the center for the development of mangrove plants. That was the direction of the President,” he concluded.
December 21, 2022, detikFinance
(https://finance.detik.com/berita-ekonomi-bisnis/d-6473878/atasi-masalah-sampah-ri-gelontorkan-dana -rp-145-t.)