The proposed site of the paddy field extension in Central Kalimantan overlaps with an existing government policy.
Against the backdrop of food crisis amid the Covid-19 pandemic, President Jokowi has instructed State-owned Enterprises (BUMN), regional governments and his ministers to convert 900,000 hectare of peatland into new paddy fields in Central Kalimantan. According to the government, 300,000 hectare of peatland is ready to be converted into new food barns. In reviewing the map proposed by the Central Kalimantan Governor to the Minister of Environment and Forestry (Letter No. 522/102/Dishut), Pantau Gambut found that the there is an overlap in the utilization of the 300,000-hectare area with others government policies.
