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Wonosobo,
Central Java (ANTARA News) - Indonesia
will be green again in 30 years if all parties work hard in terms of greening
efforts, Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said here Friday.
Zulkifli Hasan. (ANTARA) |
"According
to observers, Indonesia will need 165 years to become green again if the
treatment is just normal. But with the whole community taking part in greening
activity, God willing, it will only take about 30 years," he said when
inaugurating a nursery school at SMP Negeri I Mojotengah, Wonosobo district,
Central Java province.
Also
present at the function were Wonosobo District Chief Abdul Kholiq Arif and the
Chief of the Diponegoro Military Command, Major General Mulhim Asyrof.
The
minister invited all members of the community to develop a sense of love for
the environment which meant not allowing land to go to waste.
"God
gave the Indonesian people land that is so fertile, there is year-round
sunshine hence do not let land go to miserable waste. If let the land go to
waste God will be angry, floods will occur in the rainy season and drought in
the dry season," the minister said.
He said
every inch of fallow land must be planted with trees or vegetables depending on
the conditions of the land.
Meanwhile,
Wonosobo District Chief Kholiq Arif said Wonosobo district was a water
catchment area buffering approximately 13 districts/cities in Central Java,
namely Semarang, Kendal, Batang, Pekalongan, Wonosobo, Banjarnegara,
Purbalingga, Banyumas, Cilacap, Temanggung, Kebumen, and Purworejo.
"If
the water availability in Wonosobo is good then the same condition will apply
in the other regions but if Wonosobo is damaged floods will occur and water
supply in some districts/cities will be threatened," Kholiq Arif said.
He said
most people still lacked a proper understanding of the importance of
environmental sustainability . This was characterized by the function transfer
of forests which are not well-patterned, as well as the agricultural patterns
that are not in favor of nature conservation. As a result, a various kinds of
environmental damage occur such as critical land, habitat loss and a decrease
in water discharge.
Kholiq Arif
said the school nursery group programs (KBS) or the go green scouting movement
and the army-environmental units are aligned with one of the pillars in saving
the environment of Dieng (Central Java) areas.
Editor:
Priyambodo RH
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