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US supports justice sector efforts to protect RI's biodiversity
Justice and law enforcement officials and experts are attending a workshop to discuss ways to expand the justice sectorâs role in more effectively protecting forest resources and wildlife in Indonesia
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ustice and law enforcement officials and experts are attending a workshop to discuss ways to expand the justice sector's role in more effectively protecting forest resources and wildlife in Indonesia .
The three-day Integrated Justice Sector Workshop on Managing Cases to Protect Indonesian Biodiversity, co-hosted by the Supreme Court (MA) and the US government through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), is focusing on upholding Indonesian laws and regulations to more effectively protect forest resources. It will also discuss the justice sector's role in protecting the country's forests, wildlife and citizens who depend on the diversity of the forests for their livelihoods.
'Combating forestry and wildlife crimes requires collaborative action and cooperation within the government, as well as among non-governmental organizations, civil society, local communities, lawyers and the private sector,' US Ambassador to Indonesia Robert Blake said during the opening of the workshop in Jakarta on Monday.
'Investigators, prosecutors and judges each have a particularly critical role to play as guardians of justice ' to safeguard a justice sector that is fair, transparent and accountable and that protects Indonesia's rich biodiversity,' he said as stated in a release made available to The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
According to official data, the US government, through USAID, has so far invested US$232 million in more than 40 countries, $32 million of which was invested in Indonesia to conserve and better manage forests.
'As part of our reforms, the MA has already implemented competency- and capacity-building programs for judges managing biodiversity cases, as set out in the MA Chief Justice Decree No.134/KMA/SK/IX/2011 on Certification of Environmental Judges,' said Chief Justice Muhammad Hatta Ali.
'To date, the MA has certified 117 judges through a specialized training program on environmental cases at the first instance and appellate levels of the general and administrative courts,' he went on.
The workshop is one of the US government's justice sector initiatives in Indonesia that show the breadth of engagement under the US-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership. (ebf)(+++)
