Govt tighten management of coastal environment<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government has launched a project to improve
\nthe management of the coastal areas in order to better tap the
\nnatural resources without harming the environment.<\/p>\n
The coastal zone environmental and resources management
\nproject, launched on Monday, will integrate the activities of
\nvarious agencies in coastal areas.<\/p>\n
Surna T. Djajadiningrat, Assistant to the Minister of
\nEnvironment overseeing operational coordination, said during a
\nworkshop coinciding with the launching that the project is part
\nof the cooperation program between the Association of Southeast
\nAsian Nations and the Australia Economic Cooperation.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has already had two programs on coastal management.<\/p>\n
The first, to oversee coastal living resources and tides, was
\ncarried out in cooperation with the National Survey and Mapping
\nCoordinating Agency. The second, managing marine science and
\ntechnology, was conducted with the Agency for the Assessment and
\nApplication of Technology.<\/p>\n
The two-day workshop, attended by scientists and government
\nofficials from related agencies, was to discuss a study utilizing
\ndata from the Geographic Information System and the building of a
\nnetwork of information gathered by Natural Resources Information
\nCenter.<\/p>\n
The project will be carried out in Bunaken, North Sulawesi,
\nwhere vast coral reefs are a major tourist attraction, but which
\noften overlap with other human activities such as fishing.<\/p>\n
Richard Kenchington, Senior Director of Australia's Great
\nBarrier Reef Marine Park's External Services Section, said
\ncoastal zone management requires an approach which can
\naccommodate the interests of many parties.<\/p>\n
\"The task of coastal management is very complicated because it
\ninvolves all areas of human life...Political reasons are often a
\nmajor concern in a decision-making process,\" Kenchington said.<\/p>\n
He emphasized that all aspects of a project along coastal
\nzones must be must be considered carefully in order to ensure
\nthat the benefits exceed the costs.<\/p>\n
\"The benefits of land reclamation, for instance, could mean
\nthe cost of people living near the beach who live from tourism,
\nor from fishing,\" he cited.<\/p>\n
Commenting on plans for a major land reclamation project in
\nthe Jakarta Bay, Kenchington said the easiest task would be in
\ndetermining the physical aspects and impacts of the reclamation,
\nwhich could be done by means of computer-modeling.<\/p>\n
\"But there are biological, social, cultural, jurisdictional
\nand economical aspects which are much harder to calculate. The
\ncloser you get to human beings, the more complicated the problem
\ngets,\" Kenchington said. (pwn)<\/p>",
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