By: Choirul Fuadi
CIDISS – Government of Barito Utara Regency, Central Kalimantan continue to support with the proposed protected forest Mount Lumut in district of Gunung Purei become a National Park Reserve of the biosphere.
Head of public relations and Protocol District of Barito Utara (Barut) Topik such as quote in AntaraNews kalteng.com, Proposing areas of protected forest Mount Lumut became the National Park with the main reasons on the value of the Sacred Mount Lumut for the Kaharingan (as the place where the deceased died in the Wara ceremony).
The regent of Barito Utara, Nadalsyah provide exposure related proposal Mount Lumut became a national park on the activities of the Workshop initiated by the Trustees Set Student of Barito Utara in Palangka Raya on Wednesday (23/3).
In the activities with the theme of “strengthening the commitments together in a protected forest area Protection Efforts Mount Lumut, Barito Utara, Kalteng”, also invited the Acting Governor Kalteng Hadi Prabowo and other officials. The regent of Barito Utara, Nadalsyah says the mount Lumut have a sacred value includes a series of three hills namely Mountain lumut, mount Peyuyan and mount Penyetau.
In addition, he added a function environment for water branches (tributary) in the region of the Barito River in the Barito Utara Regency and Barito Selatan Regency which is rich source of biodiversity.
Nadalsyah describes the area of protected forest Mount lumut located in land 28548 hectares has been suggested local governments and the public to be biosphere reserves National Park with the outline of the operations management still prioritize the discernment and the local culture.
The proposed Mount lumut area became a National Park, he said, has been a long process and requires well-planned, born of a sense of responsibility to protect forest ecosystems, biodiversity protection buffer that is unique and has aesthetic values.