Workshop on the environment

Workshop on the environment

JAKARTA: A local environmental group, the Yayasan Laut Lestari
Indonesia (YLLI) is holding a workshop on fauna, flora and the
sea beginning yesterday and lasting through Nov. 15 in Pulau Air,
one of the Seribu Islands, North Jakarta.

Rampant illegal fishing activities prompted the YLLI to
organize the workshop, YLLI chairman Elshinta Suyoso said in a
statement.

She said illegal fishing practices at sea are so rife they
have seriously endangered the maritime environment. "Many of them
(fish poachers) are using poisonous chemicals."

Elshinta said Minister of Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja
fully endorses the holding of the workshop. (bas)