Jakarta, Oct. 15 -- The Ministry of Forestry has emphasized the importance of responsibly utilizing forest potential as part of efforts to promote a multi-enterprise forestry business model.

"The multi-enterprise forestry business model is being developed as a new backbone of the forestry industry by optimizing the full potential of forest areas," said ministry official Laksmi Wijayanti in a statement issued in Jakarta on Wednesday.

According to Wijayanti, the strategy includes business diversification through the use of non-timber forest products, environmental services such as ecotourism and forest carbon trading, and agroforestry to strengthen food, energy, and water security.

The government is implementing this strategy by providin...