RI Govt tightens timber controls in flood-hit Sumatra

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia’s forestry ministry has expanded public complaint channels and tightened timber oversight in flood-hit parts of Sumatra to prevent illegal logging and wood transport during the disaster response, officials said Friday. Yazid Nurhuda, the ministry’s director for Forestry Complaint Prevention and Handling, said the move supports an order from the Director-General of Sustainable Forest...