Jakarta, Dec. 8 -- Indonesia's Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Nusron Wahid said on Monday that the land-use plans in three Sumatra provinces will undergo major revisions following recent floods and landslides.

The changes will affect Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, Nusron said at the National Working Meeting of the Ministry in Jakarta.

"The post-disaster revision of provincial and district spatial plans will result in extensive land-use changes," he said, adding the focus will shift toward disaster mitigation.

Nusron said evaluations are underway, including forest areas previously cleared for plantations.

"Most likely, some areas will revert to forest functions to strengthen natural disaster resilience," he s...