Jakarta, Feb. 9 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has recently decided to expand the forestry police force from around 5,000 personnel at present to 70,000 in order to strengthen protection of forests, nature reserves and national parks nationwide. The President's Special Envoy for Climate and Energy Hashim Djojohadikusumo said the additional personnel will be deployed to 57 national parks currently assessed as having weak security and facing strong pressure from illegal activities. Strengthening capacity for forestry police is seen as a key measure to protect Indonesia's forests, wildlife and strategic ecosystems, which are under increasing pressure from illegal logging and land-use conversion. Funding for the plan will come from th...