JAKARTA – Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya underlined the importance of optimizing the policy and regulation in realizing one map policy.

Minister Siti said that in line with the president regulation (Perpres) No.23/2021 on accelerating implementation of one map policy, there has been a map of 1:50.000 scale of 25 thematic geospatial information, which has been 100% compiled and integrated and can be seen by the public in the web of the ministry of environment and forestry (KLHK).

“Based on the Perpres we’ve been sharing our data to support the one map policy,” Siti Nurbaya said during the One Map Policy Summit 2024 organized by the economic coordinating ministry in Jakarta on Thursday (11/072024).

According to her, what is important for the one map policy is the strategic steps to optimize prevailing regulations as it is the most important one in realizing the one map policy.

“For the purpose, the KLHK will keep trying to comply with the prevailing regulations in other ministries and institutions and we try to syncronize them with those in the KLHK,” said Siti.

She said the next strategic step is concerned with efforts to strengthen the implementing units of mapping in regions. Then, improving the standard of digital data, which consists of quality and quantity, the technology and infrastructure, and the human resources.

KLHK also optimizes its implementation through the system of geospatial information (SIGAP), which is the operation of thematic geospatial information, and data source of forestry information.

SIGAP manages 98 themes of geospatial information, which is derived from various sources and equipped with data security and confidentiality devices. “Besides, SIGAP is also open source that can be openly accessed by the general public,” said the minister. (*)

Source: sawitku.id