Symposium on marine to be held

Symposium on marine to be held

JAKARTA: Environmentalists from across the country will gather
here on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21 for a second symposium on coastal
areas, 10 years after the first symposium was held.

Tridoyo Kusumastanto, director of the Center for Coastal and
Maritime Resource Studies at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture,
said the symposium would also be attended by fishermen, as
stakeholders in coastal and maritime management.

"We will evaluate the results of our symposium from 10 years
ago and define new goals for our coastal and marine ecosystems,"
he said on Thursday.

Liana Bratasida, the deputy minister of the environment for
coastal affairs, said the symposium was important for the
sustainability of coastal areas.

She said coastal areas and the marine ecosystem, including
coral reefs and mangroves, had continued to be degraded over the
past 10 years. -- JP