Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The State Ministry of Environment and the Supreme Court signed an agreement on Thursday to enforce law on environmental cases in the country.

Under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by Minister Rachmat Witoelar and Supreme Court Chief Justice Harifin A Tumpa, the Supreme Court would train judges who would focus on dealing with environmental cases.

"We might train about 100 judges to handle all the environmental cases in the country. They can try the cases from region to region," Harifin told a press conference.

He said that the demand for the specialized judges on environmental cases was crucial since the environmental condition continued to worsen due to poor law enforcement.

"The judges must be able to encourage people to uphold law on environment," he said.