Campaign focuses on city's rubbish<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Director of UNESCO Jakarta, Stephen Hill, has
\ncalled on the people to properly handle garbage in the capital
\nso as not to spoil the Jakarta Bay and the Seribu Islands.<\/p>\n
Hill told teachers and students of Senior High School 34,
\nPondok Labu, South Jakarta, at a cleanliness campaign Thursday
\nthat it is possible to be involved in garbage handling by simply
\nnot littering.<\/p>\n
The campaign, which involved the SMU 34 students, was
\nsponsored by UNESCO in cooperation with Mitra Bahari and Kirai,
\nnon-governmental organizations dealing with the environment, and
\nAntara news agency.<\/p>\n
The campaign included a demonstration of composting and
\nsorting garbage for recycling, demonstrating that handling
\ngarbage does not necessarily need costly government involvement.<\/p>\n
The campaign was aimed at improving the environment of the
\nSeribu Islands, which, according to surveys conducted last year
\nby UNESCO and the Indonesian Science Institute, has deteriorated.<\/p>\n
\"We want the activities to develop into a nationwide campaign
\nwhich is useful to the environment of the Seribu Islands and the
\nJakarta Bay,\" Hill said.<\/p>\n
Hill also deals with environmental problems in 13 other
\ncountries including Australia, the Philippines, Japan and China.<\/p>\n
According to Hill, one of the causes of damage to the coral in
\nthe Seribu Islands waters is garbage and waste from Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Soekarno, a coral expert who also attended the campaign, said
\nthat the destruction of coral in the Seribu Islands waters has
\nreached an alarming level. \"Necessary help in handling the coral
\nis needed,\" he said. (sur)<\/p>",
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