Australia supports pollution control

Australia supports pollution control

JAKARTA: Sixty graduates from Australian training programs in
pollution control and environmental management were awarded their
certificates on Saturday at the Australian embassy here.

Leslie Rowe of the embassy and Sukardi, vice chairman of the
Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedal) presented the
certificates, Antara reported.

The embassy said that under the bilateral cooperation activity
Pollution Control Implementation Project, more than 200
Indonesian officials have participated in workshops, staff
exchanges and formal studies in Australia.

Officials graduated in fields ranging from air pollution
control, waste management, public awareness of pollution problems
and industrial waste auditing, said the embassy.

In the ceremony, Rowe said Bapedal and its provincial
counterparts were playing a very important role in helping
protect and manage the environment in Indonesia.

The Pollution Control Implementation Project is the largest
Australian bilateral aid activity in Indonesia's environmental
sector, with a total budget of A$21 million.

The project is implemented through the Australian Agency for
International Development (AusAID) and will end in June.

Three new Australian aid projects with a total budget of $25
million will commence in the next three months, it said.