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        "msgid": "traditional-logic-key-to-conserving-natural-resources-1447893297",
        "date": "1994-11-08 00:00:00",
        "title": "Traditional logic key to conserving natural resources",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Traditional logic key to conserving natural resources JAKARTA (JP): Even if doomsday is around the corner, not many people are willing to give up their greedy habits to save future generations. As the saying goes, \"We don't know how much a tree is worth until we cut it down.\" Speakers at a recent workshop on biodiversity in Serpong, West Java, stressed that conservation efforts must involve local people and immediately benefit them.",
        "content": "<p>Traditional logic key to conserving natural resources<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Even if doomsday is around the corner, not many<br>\npeople are willing to give up their greedy habits to save future<br>\ngenerations.<\/p>\n<p>As the saying goes, \"We don't know how much a tree is worth<br>\nuntil we cut it down.\"<\/p>\n<p>Speakers at a recent workshop on biodiversity in Serpong, West<br>\nJava, stressed that conservation efforts must involve local<br>\npeople and immediately benefit them.<\/p>\n<p>Former minister of environment Emil Salim and his successor<br>\nSarwono Kusumaatmadja were among the speakers who urged practical<br>\naction.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have often been criticized for having abstract plans,\"<br>\nEmil said at the closing of the three-day workshop on Saturday.<br>\nThe talk was organized by the Indonesian Biosphere and Human<br>\nDevelopment Institute chaired by former forestry minister<br>\nSudjarwo.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Sarwono urged participants to determine if Indonesia<br>\ncould pioneer \"continuing conservation while attaching economic<br>\nvalue to our neglected resources,\" in the absence of model<br>\ncountries.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say this market logic can work by first<br>\nreintroducing knowledge that has been floating around for<br>\ncenturies.<\/p>\n<p>\"That way we can retain and use our biodiversity,\" said Mien<br>\nA. Rifai, who leads a plant research center called Herbarium<br>\nBogoriense.<\/p>\n<p>Local knowledge of nature is vanishing rapidly, speakers<br>\nnoted, citing taboo periods for fishing as an example of how<br>\nabandoning tradition has adversely affected the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Rifai also pushed for saving ancestral knowledge, adding that<br>\nit should be backed up with science. The need is urgent, but<br>\nIndonesian scientists have been moving at a snail's pace to<br>\nrecover and devise ways to feed and shelter the nations growing<br>\nmillions.<\/p>\n<p>\"In the past 50 years no new superior mangoes, minor grain<br>\nlegumes or local vegetables have been developed...,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that the variety of food in Indonesia, like the<br>\n100 species of cereals, roots, sago and other plants, could meet<br>\ncarbohydrate requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Sarwono, however, complained about the \"monoculture attitude\"<br>\nof urbanites who are increasingly dependent on flour.<\/p>\n<p>Although traditional recipes and medicine are already popular,<br>\nresearchers pointed out that their popularity has not translated<br>\ninto replanting or conservation -- endangering certain plants.<\/p>\n<p>-- Eco-labeling<\/p>",
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