East Barito RDTR Asked to Protect the Environment, Not Just Good on Paper

EAST BARITO, EARTH LINE, GARISBUMI.com – East Barito Regent M. Yamin requested the preparation of a Detailed Spatial Planning Plan (RDTR) to ensure that economic development goes hand in hand with environmental protection. The document must be applicable and answer the needs of the community, not stop as a plan on paper.

"Don't let the RDTR that we drafted only be good on paper, but difficult to implement in the field," stressed Yamin when opening the focus group discussion or FGD I RDTR and Public Consultation I Strategic Environmental Study (KLHS) RDTR in the East Barito Regent's Meeting Room, Wednesday (7/10/2026).

The preparation of the RDTR covers the Raren Batuah, Dusun Tengah and Pematang Karau planning areas. The East Barito Regency Government hopes that this document will provide certainty about the use of space as well as the direction of development in these three areas.

According to Yamin, spatial planning has an influence on economic growth, residential development, infrastructure development, food security and the quality of life of the community.

"The space we have today is the space that will be used by future generations," he said.

Environmental Carrying Capacity is a Consideration

Yamin emphasized that RDTR needs to regulate development by considering the environment's ability to support community activities and accommodate its impacts.

"We want development to take place, investment to grow, community economic activity to develop, but at the same time we must ensure that development takes place in a directed, orderly, sustainable manner, and still pays attention to the carrying capacity and capacity of the environment," he said.