posmetro.co, Jakarta: President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) State Speech before the MPR Annual Session, welcoming the 77th Anniversary of the Proclamation of Independence of the Republic of Indonesia, Tuesday, August 16, 2022, affirming the downstream industrialization process in Indonesia, as well as the ongoing energy transition in the context of reduce carbon emissions, as per the 2015 Paris Agreement.The President said that the downstream nickel mining process has produced semi-finished processed products and other downstream nickel industrial products, so that it can increase exports 18 times, from only Rp. 16 trillion in 2014 to Rp. 306 trillion in 2021, and is projected to reach Rp. 440 trillion by 2022.A similar downstream process will also be applied to the copper, tin and bauxite industries, so that the maximum value of mining will be in the country, creating employment opportunities, increasing local content and providing as much income as possible for the State.The downstream industry process applies science and technology, research and innovation with qualified human resources.The President also conveyed about the energy transition process from fossil energy to new renewable energy such as solar energy, geothermal energy, wind, ocean waves and biomass energy.The nursery and rehabilitation of tropical forests and mangrove forests are also encouraged, which have great potential for carbon sequestration.In addition to non-renewable natural resources, such as minerals and oil and gas, the process of downstreaming the forestry industry, which is a renewable industry, has also been accelerated recently.From only exporting raw material products from natural forests in the 1970s, then experiencing industrial downstreaming in the 1980s, with plywood products.As time goes by, the Indonesian forestry industry is moving towards the plantation forest industry, producing downstream raw materials for pulp, paper, medical masks to furniture and biomass energy.Even now, downstream industrial plantation forest products have produced viscose as a raw material for rayon yarn for the manufacture of quality textiles and garments.The upstream-downstream-market process in the forestry industry continues.On the upstream side, a barcode system has been implemented for forest inventory which is entered into the Forest Product Administration Information System (SIPUHH).In order to ensure the entry of Indonesian legal timber into the export market, the timber Legality & Sustainability Verification System (SVLK) is implemented.All of them apply digital technology 4.0.In order to handle forest and land fires, digital satellite imagery technology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are applied so that the latitude-longitude location of "hot spots" for potential forest and land fires can be determined in the Fire Danger Rating System (FDRS).Weather Modification Technology (TMC) is also applied to create “Artificial Rain” to increase the wetness of the land and forests of the archipelago.For planting tree seeds, drone technology is applied, while the provision of superior tree seeds is applied by the latest tissue culture technology.All of these use modern science and technology with increasingly superior forestry human resources.Although the nickel export figure has not reached Rp306 trillion, Indonesia's upstream-downstream forestry product exports, in 2021, have reached USD 13.5 billion, or equivalent to Rp202 trillion, which is the highest export figure for Indonesia's forestry industry of all time.Exports of forestry products in 2045, when Indonesia celebrates 100 years of the independence of the Republic of Indonesia, are projected to reach USD 60 billion, or equivalent to Rp. 900 trillion.The world is currently heading towards a Green Economy, Green Energy, and Go Green.All of these rely on forestry resources and the forestry industry.From the 2030 Net Sink Forest & Other Land Use (FOLU) target, through forest area determination, tree stand counting, carbon sequestration calculations, to the Monitoring – Reporting – Verification (MRV) process and mitigation actions to the development of biomass energy, the timber industry for construction building, furniture products with designs applying 3-D Printing technology, Compter-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM), and multi-business forestry.All of them will obviously apply modern science and technology.Indonesia needs to anticipate the advances in science and technology of the modern forestry industry in order to remain competitive in the global market, especially for the preparation of its human resources.Forestry industry investment is projected to continue to increase, including for Biomass Energy Power Plants of 7 MW and above, as well as plans for the development of a modern forest industry ecosystem in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Maloy, East Kalimantan, which will invest up to USD 5 billion for 10 years. In the future, in order to produce Oriented Strand Board (OSB) which is fire-resistant, earthquake-resistant and water-resistant, Lumber Veneer Laminated (LVL), Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) for high-rise buildings, Glulelam Lamianted Timber (GLT) for high-strength wooden buildings. equivalent to concrete, as well as processing palm oil for oleo-chemical products, Polyurea and Polyurethane for the manufacture of glue and paint for forestry wood products.Indonesia is one of the largest tropical forest owners in the world.With a touch of modern science and technology, the potential of this renewable natural resource will be able to provide enormous added value for the country, as well as create as many job opportunities as possible for the people of Indonesia.(line)