Yogya receives environmental award

Yogya receives environmental award

YOGYAKARTA: The International Council for Local Environmental
Initiatives (ICLEI), a Canada-based environmental organization,
recently awarded the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign
Milestone Award to the Yogyakarta municipal government for its
achievement in preserving the environment.

Head of the city's environmental effect research and
monitoring agency Pieter Lawueasal said that the award had been
given for the city's success in decreasing motor vehicle gas
emissions and electricity use and for establishing an urban
forest.

"We succeeded in decreasing gas emissions by five
percent from 2001 to 2003 and electricity consumption by 40
percent over the same period," Pieter said.

Peter also said that Yogyakarta had been selected from
17 other cities in the world. Presentation of the
award was made in the Philippines recently. -- JP