Aikon to map Jakarta green areas

Aikon to map Jakarta green areas

JAKARTA: Jakarta is soon expected to have a comprehensive map
highlighting the remaining green areas in the capital.

The map is being prepared by a group of volunteers coordinated
by Aikon, an environmental organization led by Marco
Kusumawijaya, a noted environmentalist and an expert on urban
architecture.

Preparations conducted by his team includes listing all green
areas in the capital, categorizing the green areas and conducting
surveys to sample the areas.

The Jakarta Green Map, containing the Kemang Green Map, the
Kebayoran Baru Green Map and the Thematic Map, will be issued in
June.

City Governor Sutiyoso said that the city now had 6,000
hectares of open green space. That figure would be increased to
9,500 hectares within the next ten years to reach 14 percent of
Jakarta's 63.744 hectares.

Environmentalists say that the ideal open green space in the
city should be 30 percent of its total territory.