Banjarmasin – President Megawati Soekarnoputri has warned all the governors not to slash the fund allocated for the forest and land rehabilitation program (RHL) in an attempt to prevent dry and parched land in Indonesia from expanding.

Conveyed in a televisized event through satellite here on Wednesday, the head of state stressed that the money for forest preservation provided to those in charge of growing plants under the reforestation program should not be cut midway.

According to Megawati, the reforestation of arid land was necessary for revitalizing the function of forests. Therefore such an all-out movement of the community for reforestation should certainly be made.