itu ada yg nongkrong doang.. di kedubes Saudi.. suruh aja bersihin citarum.. sekalian ciliwung..
--- In [email protected], "Bukan Pedanda" <bukan.pedanda@...> wrote: > > > > Dan manusia berotak anjing disini pada meributkan ngapaian item abu nongkrong > di Kedutaan Besar di Saudi Arabia.. > > Mereka bukannnya berusaha mempertukarkan pendapat untuk mencari jalan buat > membersihkan Citarum atau untuk memperbaiki begitu banyak keboborokan yang > ada di Indonesia.. > > > --- In [email protected], "Sunny" <ambon@> wrote: > > > > Ref: Agaknya sungai-sungai tercemar dan kwalitas air bersih sama dengan air > > kotor adalah hal yang tidak penting bagi kehidupan penduduk NKRI, sebab > > mungkin ada problem-problem lain yang dianggap lebih penting untuk diatasi > > oleh penguasa, sekalipun air bersih adalah kebutuhan utama bagi manusia > > hidup sehat dan sejahtera. > > > > http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/indonesian-lives-risked-on-worlds-most-polluted-river/542964?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jgnewsletter > > Indonesian Lives Risked on âWorldâs Most Pollutedâ River > > September 07, 2012 > > > > A man uses a fishing new to collect plastic waste from the Citarum river > > in Bandung in West Java on July 6, 2012. A water source for the capital > > Jakarta, the Citarum river has succumbed to pollution through sewage and > > industrial waste. (AFP Photo/Timur Matahari) Sukamaju. With dozens of > > bright green rice paddies, flocks of kites in the sky and children laughing > > nearby, at first glance the village of Sukamaju in western Java has all the > > charms of rural Indonesia. > > > > But the idyllic setting is spoiled by a strong stench rising from the > > Citarum river that flows in the distance, thick with mounds of garbage and > > plastic bags dumped on its banks. > > > > This immense aquatic rubbish bin winds 297 kilometers (185 miles) across > > the island of Java, cutting through the sprawling Indonesian capital, > > Jakarta. > > > > Labelled âthe most-polluted in the worldâ by a local commission of > > government agencies and NGOs charged with its clean-up, the river is the > > only source of water for 15 million Indonesians who live on its banks, > > despite the risks to health and crops. > > > > In the village of Sukamaju, not far from the bustling West Java capital of > > Bandung, a well at a small village square serves as a public shower. > > Without any other water source in the village, it is connected directly to > > the canal. > > > > Noor, a villager in her 40s, has had white patches on her arms for the past > > six months. > > > > âWhen I first started itching, it was always after washing here. Itâs > > because of the contaminated water in the river. Itâs the factoriesâ > > fault,â she said. > > > > âI donât know what this disease is, but I donât have any money to see > > a doctor.â > > > > The Bandung Basin is the historic center of Indonesiaâs textile industry, > > where 1,500 factories in the region dump 280 tons of toxic waste each day > > into the Citarum. > > > > In the irrigation canals of Sukamaju, between the rice paddies, the water > > for crops that runs through the fields is a puzzling deep red verging on > > black. > > > > âThis is because of the dyes from the factories. The color changes every > > two hours (depending on dyes being washed out), and that has a direct > > impact on the quality of the rice,â complained Deni Riswandani, as he > > dissected a young sprig. > > > > âThere are no more grains in the pods. Production has been reduced 50 > > percent from the normal harvest,â said Riswandani, who is trying to bring > > farmers together to lobby for financial compensation. > > > > Health effects go unaddressed > > > > At the edge of the plantation stands a massive grey building equipped with > > several chimneys and surrounded by barbed wire. On the coast, a valve > > connected to the factory dumps toxic residue at regular intervals right by > > the rice paddies. > > > > âNormally, factories canât dispose waste into the water without > > treating it,â Riswandani said. âIn theory, there are very heavy > > penalties for doing this, but the government pretends there are regular > > checks. But on the ground nothing changes.â > > > > According to Windya Wardhani, head of the West Java provincial environment > > bureau: âWe practice intensive control, and I think that gradually the > > factories will comply with the rules. But perhaps not every day,â she > > said. > > > > âThere are heavy metals in the Citarumâs water and sediment, probably > > because of the factories, since you donât find heavy metals in rubbish.â > > > > She said the river contained mercury, lead, zinc and chrome, which have > > been linked to cancer, organ damage and even death, affecting babies and > > children more severely. > > > > Mercury and lead can cause joint disease, such as rheumatoid arthritis, and > > diseases of the kidneys, circulatory system and nervous system, studies > > show. > > > > Residents have sought compensation for their damaged rice crops, while the > > health effects of the river have gone unaddressed, with no data yet > > gathered to measure the extent of the problem. > > > > The Indonesian Textiles Association asserts that the industryâs > > contribution to the riverâs pollution is no more than 15 to 25 percent. > > > > âIt comes mostly from domestic waste and plastic. It is unfair to assume > > itâs all us. Itâs easy to count the number of factories, but whoâs > > counting the number of people who live along the river and throw their > > waste in the water?â said Kevin Hartanto, head of the Bandung chapter of > > the textile association. > > > > Cleaning up the Citarum river and its 22 streams has been classified a > > national priority by the Indonesian government, which in 2010 launched a > > huge 15-year project to rehabilitate the river. > > > > Largely financed by the private sector, this âroad mapâ involves dozens > > of NGOs, seven ministries and 12 local governments, amounting to a total of > > $3.5 billion. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will contribute $500 million. > > > > According to Thomas Panella, an ADB water resources specialist, progress > > has so far been minimal. > > > > âAt this point there has been little improvement because itâs been a > > very short time [in which] to address the pollution issues,â he said. > > > > âWe need to look at lessons of countries like France, the US and Korea > > that had incredibly polluted waterways in the first part of this century. > > You would think at that time it was not possible to address these things. > > You have to have a long-term vision.â > > > > Agence France-Presse > > +++++ > > http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/a-community-struggles-with-jakartas-water-quality/541714 > > A Community Struggles With Jakartaâs Water Quality > > Jonathan Vit | September 02, 2012 > > > > Muhammad Taherâs modest one-story home in North Jakartaâs Cilincing > > subdistrict is a short walk from the colorful fishing boats moored along > > the shore of Jakarta Bay. Discarded mussel shells crunch under foot as he > > navigates the narrow maze-like alleys, turning sideways to squeeze between > > people standing outside food stalls and tin-roofed shacks. > > > > The streets of Cilincing are still dirt, but the main road leading into the > > slum was just recently paved with rough concrete. Itâs one of the few > > signs of development in a place seemingly untouched by Jakartaâs wealth. > > > > Taher walks through a blizzard of buzzing black flies as he approaches the > > bay. The pungent smell of fish is overpowering. Dozens of people â" men, > > women and children â" are huddled around piles of black mussels. Cilincing > > is a community devoted to a single cause. Some 12,000 households work to > > harvest mussels, one of the few creatures that can survive the pollution of > > the Jakarta Bay. > > > > Taher points out the children squatting around a pile of mussels, their > > thin fingers separating meat from shell. > > > > âChildren at these ages are not supposed to work,â Taher says. âThey > > are not supposed to worry about money. They should just play with their > > friends and not think about their familyâs income.â > > > > It wasnât always this way. Taher recalls growing up in Cilincing, back > > when the water was still clear and his father could cast a net and catch > > fish from the shore. > > > > âIt was not a life of the rich, but we never felt any hunger,â he says. > > > > Today, fishing boats bob on the dark waters of Jakarta Bay, a body of water > > so polluted by solid waste and industrial runoff that the bay is rapidly > > becoming eutrophic â" or so depleted of oxygen that large fish can no > > longer survive, according to a Unesco report. > > > > âThe government really does not want to know about the problems in > > Jakarta Bay,â Taher says. > > > > Taher is one of the 7,000 traditional fishermen still living in the > > capital. His livelihood, like the 7.8 million impoverished fishermen living > > along the coasts of Indonesia, depends on the sea. Most of Indonesiaâs > > traditional fishermen live on $1 a day. Twenty-eight percent survive on > > even less, says Slamet Daroini, the manager of education and public > > fund-raising at the Fisheries Justice Coalition. > > > > According to experts, decades of unchecked pollution, rampant overfishing > > and inadequate infrastructure have taken a serious toll on the nationâs > > waters, hampering fishermenâs ability to earn a living. > > > > All thirteen rivers running into Jakarta Bay are heavily polluted by human > > waste, which, due to the capitalâs inadequate sewage treatment > > facilities, carries bacteria-laden feces directly into the bay, according > > to the Unesco report and environmental experts. > > > > Industrial manufacturers also dump dangerous liquid waste into the rivers, > > Slamet says. A survey of Jakartaâs waterways conducted by the Jakarta > > Office of Urban Environmental Study in 1997 found high levels of heavy > > metals â" including lead, mercury and copper â" and polychlorobiphenyls > > (PCBs) in Jakarta Bay. The contaminants, known to cause cancer and heavy > > metal poisoning, were found in sea life, birds and people at the time of > > the study. > > > > Pollution of Jakartaâs rivers and bay had steadily increased since 1983, > > the study found. > > > > In the nearly three decades that followed, the situation has failed to > > improve, Slamet says. He details reports of companies secretly dumping > > industrial waste into the river during the rainy season, when the rivers, > > and many of Jakartaâs low-lying neighborhoods on their banks, are > > overflowing with water. > > > > The dumping is illegal, Slamet says, but enforcement is lax. > > > > âThe government cannot â" or does not want to â" penalize these > > companies,â Slamet says. > > > > The pollution has driven Cilincingâs fishermen further out to sea, where > > they have to compete with anglers from Jakartaâs Thousand Islands for an > > increasingly limited stock of fish. > > > > On Panggang Island the impact of overfishing is so extreme its effects can > > be seen from a plane. Marine biologist Elizabeth M.P. Madin has observed > > the lack of algae âhalosâ around the islandâs coral reefs in > > satellite images. > > > > In a study on the effects of overfishing of coral reefs, Madin explained > > that in reefs with a healthy population of predatory fish, smaller > > plant-eating fish only travel a short distance from the safety of the reef > > to feed. Their feeding habits produce halos around the reefs. > > > > The halos are no longer visible on reefs near Panggang Island, according to > > the report published in the journal Nature Scientific Reports. > > > > âWhat our results show is that fishing can have surprising, but very > > clear, effects throughout coral reef ecosystems,â Madin said in a press > > release announcing the findings. > > > > For Taher, traveling nearly 13 kilometers to cleaner waters no longer makes > > economic sense. He used to charter a larger boat with other local fishermen > > and head out for three days at a time. But the fuel, food and supplies > > needed for a fishing trip to the Thousand Islands could cost the men more > > than Rp 2.5 million ($261). > > > > On good trips, Taher was able to take home Rp 150,000. During lean times, > > he brought home Rp 50,000. He now fishes on a âbaganâ â" a wooden > > platform suspended above open water â" to save money. > > > > âIt is really difficult now to go fishing and there is no balance between > > the costs and the [money] made,â he says. âThat is why there are so > > many who stopped being traditional fishermen.â > > > > Only 25 percent of Cilincingâs men still fish, Taher said. And most of > > the remaining fishermen are drowning in debts owed to the loan sharks who > > started to circle once the community fell on hard times. > > > > They offer the men predatory loans at 25 to 30 percent interest rates, > > Taher says. Itâs a dangerous system, but one that many fishermen turn to > > when they cannot afford to feed their families, he explained. > > > > âWe sometimes can only pay the interest,â Taher says. âMany of the > > traditional fishermen who once had houses lost them.â > > > > Taher sees hope in the communityâs mussel harvest. He walks through the > > bustling community, proudly explaining how the shellfish have allowed his > > neighbors to survive. > > > > But the mussels, like much of the sea life found in Jakarta Bay, have been > > contaminated by heavy metals. The local government stopped issuing permits > > to farm mussels from Jakarta Bay last year, explaining that the filter > > feeders absorb the toxic chemicals found in the bay. > > > > But the residents of Cilincing have few other options, Taher says. > > > > A weathered 55-year-old man interrupts Taherâs tour talk with a slight > > handshake. Mansyur used to be a fisherman, but he now harvests mussels. The > > changes, he said, are heartbreaking. > > > > âI feel very sad seeing these bad changes,â Mansyur says. âI cry > > inside my heart because all of the changes are so extreme and none of them > > bring any good.â > > > > Mansyur has lived through the regimes of Sukarno and Suharto, the economic > > collapse and the ensuing recovery. But it is Indonesia's economic growth, > > and the population and manufacturing boom it fuels in Jakarta, that may > > prove to be too much. > > > > If Jakarta, and the rest of the nation, fails to curb pollution and > > dumping, traditional fishermen may become a thing of the past, Slamet says. > > > > "In my opinion, the fishermen do not have any future in Jakarta," he says. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! 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