HSS Regent receives the 2022 Green Leadership "Nirwasita Tantra" award

Kandangan, South Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Regent of South Hulu Sungai (HSS) H. Achmad Fikry has received the 2022 Green Leadership "Nirwasita Tantra" Award for the category of the regional head of a small district.

Minister of Environment and Forestry (LHK) Siti Nurbaya Bakar handed over the award at the ministry office in Jakarta as a form of appreciation from the central government for the effort of the regional government in improving the quality of environment.

"We have carried out assessment that is divided into the categories of province, large district, medium district, small district, big city, medium city, and small city levels," said Secretary General of the Environment and Forestry Ministry Bambang Hendroyono in a report as quoted in press release by Diskominfo HSS, Tuesday.

Nirwasita Tantra is bestowed on regional heads, who have succeeded in applying green and sustainable policies in their respective regions.

The award was given based on an assessment of the Regional Environment Management Performance Information Document(DIKPLHD) which was compiled in 2022.

Then it became a reference for data and information media to picture the environmental condition (state), main problems (pressure) that can be utilized to determine regional policies and or priority programs (response) in managing the environment.

“It is on the basis of this document that the Green Leadership Nirwasita Tantra award is bestowed on the regional heads,” he said.