Yogyakarta hosts environment center

Yogyakarta hosts environment center

YOGYAKARTA: State Minister of the Environment Rachmat Witoelar
inaugurated on Monday the Environment Management Center for the
Java Region in Yogyakarta to address environmental problems in
six provinces.

Rachmat said the center, which is headed by Soedarsono, had
been established with the aim of encouraging environmental
preservation and pollution control by industries in Banten,
Central Java, East Timur, Jakarta, West Java and Yogyakarta.

Similar centers have been set up for the Sumatra, Bali-Nusa
Tenggara, Sulawesi-Maluku-Papua and Kalimantan regions.

"The presence of an environment management center for the Java
region encourages direct public involvement. People can file
their complaints over pollution here, as well as other
environment-related problems," Rachmat said. -- JP