Govt. allocates $64.7M for coastal area development
The ministry of marine and fisheries has allocated funds amounting to Rp594 billion ($64.7 million) for development programs in small islands and coastal areas in 2008, a spokesman said, Asia Pulse reported Monday (18/2/08).
A director general at the ministry, Syamsul Maarif, said Rp184 billion of the funds were derived from foreign loans and grants.
The funds would be used among other things for the empowerment of residents of the country's outer-most small islands and coastal areas and for the naming of small islands.
In 2007, the ministry registered 4,981 newly named islands with the United Nations (UN).
The ministry was planning to rehabilitate the small islands' ecosystems and construct a number of infrastructures in them and in coastal areas.
It would also carry out the second-phase coral reef management program (Coremap II).
A director general at the ministry, Syamsul Maarif, said Rp184 billion of the funds were derived from foreign loans and grants.
The funds would be used among other things for the empowerment of residents of the country's outer-most small islands and coastal areas and for the naming of small islands.
In 2007, the ministry registered 4,981 newly named islands with the United Nations (UN).
The ministry was planning to rehabilitate the small islands' ecosystems and construct a number of infrastructures in them and in coastal areas.
It would also carry out the second-phase coral reef management program (Coremap II).