BANDA ACEH, KOMPAS.com - Forum for the Environment Indonesia (WALHI) in Aceh found new evidence (Novum) for environmental damage due to road construction project in Aceh Ladia Galaska through protected forest area. Related Novum, the WALHI Aceh filed a judicial review (PK) of Supreme Court Decision, 2007, Thursday (31/03/2011) through Banda Aceh District Court.
WALHI Aceh Lawyer Team Member, M Zuhri Hasibuan, Friday (4/1/2011) in Banda Aceh, said that new evidence is collected WALHI Aceh through research at the site through which the Ladia Galaska road project and the surrounding environment in February 2011. Evidence was also presented in the form of formal rules that reinforce the claim of denial of the project.
"With this Novum, we propose PK and asked the Supreme Court to review the decision of case No. 27 / Pdt.G/2003/PN-BNA No.43/Pdt/2004/PT-BNA Jo Jo No. 1343 K / Rev / 2007. Galaskan Ladia project should be stopped because it threatens the sustainability of protected forest and Gunung Leuser National Park, "Zuhri said.
Ladia Galaska road construction projects have been proposed since 2002. The project was originally cross-linking between the path east to west across 470 kilometers of Aceh along with the plateau region through the Leuser. Ladia Galaska, the name of the pass is the abbreviation of the Indian Ocean-the Gayo-Alas-Strait of Malacca.
In 2003, WALHI Aceh began to sue the project because it can damage the protected forests and conservation areas, including Gunung Leuser National Park which is a habitat for millions of rare species that can not be found anywhere in the world.
Zuhri explained that a civil lawsuit against the Government of Indonesia and Aceh Government Ladia Galaska related cases it has been running since the year 2003-2004 at the Banda Aceh District Court as the court of first instance. In Banda Aceh District Court decision No.27/pdt.G/2003/PN-BNA rejected the lawsuit. Then, WALHI Aceh again appealed to the Court of Appeal, Banda Aceh. However, in 2007 PT decided also rejected the claims. WALHI Aceh Appeal to Supreme Court over the case even this was also rejected by the Supreme Court.
-Novum Novum new proposed WALHI Aceh in the PK of which the Government Regulation No. 28 of 1985 on Forest Protection. In Article 6 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) stated, forest areas and forest reserves is prohibited worked or occupied without the permission of the minister (in this case the Minister of Forestry).
Furthermore, Article 8 paragraph (2) PP No.28 of 1985 to determine, anyone cutting trees within a radius / distance from the spring, the edge of the abyss, reservoirs, rivers and creeks are located within forest areas, forest reserves and other forest . Article 50 paragraph (3) letter c. Law No.41 of 1999.
In addition to a number of formal evidence, lawyer team has also gathered evidence of damage in some streets Ladia Galaska through newspaper clippings and field observations. "Clipping is a tangible proof of the damage. So the damage is not a utopian or merely approximate but it is really happening," Zuhri said.
Lawyer Tim WALHI Aceh also along some streets Ladia Galaska around early February 2011. The team down the road Peureulak Gayo Lues (Blangkejeren-Pinding-Lokop-Peureulak). On this road found a lot of environmental damage due to forest encroachment.
In addition, the team also crossed the Gayo Lues Road, Takengon (Takengon-Ise-ise-Blangkejeren) along the road where the landslide had occurred at many points, a stretch of open land, the addition of settlements in the Leuser Ecosystem, and chunks of wood fall.
The last road section under investigation is road-Nagan Raya Takengon (Jeuram-Beutong Ateuh-Takengon), and found the existence of protected forest encroachment, ecological damage, and new settlements in the area in District Ceulala Depet Tanoh, Nagan Raya Protected Forest Area.
"Given these facts we are very sad, because the later can cause catastrophic damage," said Zuhri.
