"The office of the Environment Minister already has a positive law which regulates sanctions against environmental offenses but we also use other ways and means to produce sanctions," Minister of Environment Gusti Muhammad Hatta said here on Tuesday.
He made the remarks on the occasion of the launch of the MUI fatwa on environmentally-friendly mining.
The minister said that natural resources had been created to be utilized by human beings but each activity would have impact so that efforts to minimize the impact should be made.
He said that MUI has issued the fatwa on friendly mining of the environment because the impact to the environment of mining activities was bigger than other kinds of activities.
Ilyas Asaad, a deputy for environment communication and people`s empowerment at the office of the environment minister, said that MUI and the ministry of environment has signed an MoU on December 15, 2010.
"The MoU, however, was yet to decide what fatwa the MUI was going to produce. So, over the past six months we have intensive discussions until the formulation of a fatwa was finished on July 5, 2011," he said.
He said that the MUI fatwa was expected to serve as a basis for the regional government and businesses in the management of the environment.
(Uu.A014/HAJM/F001)
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