Green Jakarta campaign launched<\/p>\n
Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday launched Green
\nJakarta 2003, an environmental campaign to encourage people to
\nplant as many trees as possible in the city.<\/p>\n
The campaign, launched on World Environment Day, was marked
\nwith the symbolic planting of Matoa (Pometia pinnata), an endemic
\ntree from Papua province, at the southern part of the National
\nMonument (Monas) park, followed by the planting of endemic trees
\nfrom other provinces.<\/p>\n
In remarks made during the World Environmental Day ceremony,
\nMegawati invited all residents in the city to plant trees in the
\nyards of their houses in order to help the city become fresher.<\/p>\n
"If each Jakarta resident wants to plant one tree, they will
\nmake a significant contribution to the environment in the city,"
\nMegawati added.<\/p>\n
Jakarta has a population of more than eight million.<\/p>\n
The president criticized the organizer of the campaign who
\nused the English words of Green Jakarta and demanded the slogan
\nbe changed to incorporate Indonesian words, specifically Jakarta
\nHijau.<\/p>\n
After planting the tree, Megawati inspected the controversial
\nfive-hectare deer zone and inspected the diorama inside Monas,
\nwhich will be used to store the first Indonesian flag hoisted
\nwhen Indonesia declared its independence on Aug. 17, 1945.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso told the audience that 150 trees provided by non-
\ngovernmental organizations would be planted at the park on
\nThursday. More trees would later be planted in the city's five
\nmayoralties and in the Kepulauan Seribu regency.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso also said 12 deer had been released at the Monas
\npark, promising to increase the number to 20.<\/p>\n
He said nothing about the death of a deer from blood loss and
\nstress.<\/p>\n
Based on the 2010 Jakarta Master Plan, the city plans to
\nincrease green areas from less than 10 percent of the city's
\ntotal area of 661 square kilometers to 13.94 percent in 2010.
\nThis is still lower than the ideal figure of 30 percent,
\naccording to experts.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of buildings -- small and big like police posts,
\nelectricity relay stations and fuel stations -- are still
\noccupying parks and other places designated as green areas.<\/p>\n
Inconstancy of the land use policy has also reduced the green
\nareas in the city. Many areas have been changed into yellow areas
\nfor housing or red areas for commercial purposes, in accordance
\nwith changes to the city master plan.<\/p>\n
As a result, a number of buildings like the Hotel Mulia in
\nSenayan in Central Jakarta, Taman Anggrek Mall and Condominium in
\nGrogol West Jakarta and the Pantai Indah Kapuk housing complex
\nwere built on former green areas.<\/p>\n
Several commercial buildings are also being and will be
\nconstructed in Senayan, originally earmarked for sports
\nfacilities and green areas.<\/p>",
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