A sustainable campus is not merely one filled with trees,\nenergy-efficient buildings or reduced waste.<\/p>\n
Yogyakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of\nIndonesia is encouraging universities across the country to play a part\nin controlling, as well as preventing, forest and land fires\n(karhutla).<\/p>\n
Dyah Murtiningsih, Director General of Watershed Management and\nForest Rehabilitation at the Ministry of Forestry, said during the UI\nGreenMetric Sustainable University Rankings Indonesia 2026 event in\nYogyakarta on Tuesday that the risk of forest and land fires is rising\ndue to climate conditions and human activity.<\/p>\n
\u201cUniversities can play a role through research and technology,\nincluding satellite-based hotspot monitoring, peatland monitoring,\nstrengthening fire-aware communities, and support for fire prevention,\u201d\nshe said.<\/p>\n
According to her, universities are also being encouraged to become\n\u2018Centres of Excellence\u2019 that bring together science and policy, as well\nas technology and community needs.<\/p>\n
Ni Made Dwipanti Indrayanti, Regional Secretary of the Special Region\nof Yogyakarta (DIY), reading remarks on behalf of the DIY Governor, said\nthat a sustainable campus is not merely one filled with trees, equipped\nwith energy-efficient buildings, or one that reduces waste.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe true measure is visible when that change enters the way a campus\nis managed, how knowledge is developed, and when thousands of students\nform habits that they then carry into society,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She said a sustainable campus cannot rely on its physical condition\nalone; rather, sustainability must become part of governance,\noperations, education, research, community service and public\naccountability.<\/p>\n
Indra Wijaya Kusuma, Chair of the UI GreenMetric Sustainable\nUniversity Rankings Indonesia 2026 organising committee, said that\ndigitalisation serves as an important bridge so that various\nsustainability efforts in the fields of environment, energy, waste,\ntransport, education and governance can run effectively and be\nmeasurable at the same time.<\/p>\n
He said UI GreenMetric is not merely a ranking exercise; the\ninstrument also serves as a benchmark for universities to learn, compare\ngood practices and improve their sustainability performance.<\/p>\n
As such, he said, figures and indicators should not stop as\nadministrative achievements, but become the basis for seeing real change\ntaking place within the campus environment.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/forestry-ministry-urges-universities-to-help-prevent-forest-and-land-fires-1789491177", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }