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>________________________________ > From: Musik hari Ini <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, September 8, 2012 5:32 AM >Subject: [proletar] Item yang Tolol/Indonesian Lives Risked on ‘World’s Most >Polluted’ River + A Community Struggles With Jakarta’s Water Qualit > > > >Tumben otak elu bener&stabil? >mikirin citarum yang kotor itu........gampang caranya! >bebas kosong kan sepanjang bantaran kali > >dari kegiatan ekonomi&pemukiman penduduk. > >________________________________ >From: item abu <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 6:15 PM >Subject: Re: [proletar] Indonesian Lives Risked on ‘World’s Most Polluted’ >River + A Community Struggles With Jakarta’s Water Qualit > > > >Citarum itu adalah sungai paling kotor sedunia, dan bisa dipastikan si pinpin >ikut memberikan kontribusinya. Dan bangga sekali si pinpin itu dgn >konstribusinya tsb. > >>________________________________ >> From: Sunny <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 6:14 PM >>Subject: [proletar] Indonesian Lives Risked on ‘World’s Most Polluted’ River >>+ A Community Struggles With Jakarta’s Water Qualit >> >> >> >>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 ‘World’s Most Polluted’ 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 “the most-polluted in the world” 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. >> >>“When I first started itching, it was always after washing here. It’s because >>of the contaminated water in the river. It’s the factories’ fault,” she said. >> >>“I don’t know what this disease is, but I don’t have any money to see a >>doctor.” >> >>The Bandung Basin is the historic center of Indonesia’s 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. >> >>“This 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,” complained Deni Riswandani, as he dissected a young >>sprig. >> >>“There are no more grains in the pods. Production has been reduced 50 percent >>from the normal harvest,” 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. >> >>“Normally, factories can’t dispose waste into the water without treating it,” >>Riswandani said. “In theory, there are very heavy penalties for doing this, >>but the government pretends there are regular checks. But on the ground >>nothing changes.” >> >>According to Windya Wardhani, head of the West Java provincial environment >>bureau: “We practice intensive control, and I think that gradually the >>factories will comply with the rules. But perhaps not every day,” she said. >> >>“There are heavy metals in the Citarum’s water and sediment, probably because >>of the factories, since you don’t find heavy metals in rubbish.” >> >>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 industry’s contribution >>to the river’s pollution is no more than 15 to 25 percent. >> >>“It comes mostly from domestic waste and plastic. It is unfair to assume it’s >>all us. It’s easy to count the number of factories, but who’s counting the >>number of people who live along the river and throw their waste in the >>water?” 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 “road map” 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. >> >>“At this point there has been little improvement because it’s been a very >>short time [in which] to address the pollution issues,” he said. >> >>“We 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.” >> >>Agence France-Presse >>+++++ >>http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/a-community-struggles-with-jakartas-water-quality/541714 >>A Community Struggles With Jakarta’s Water Quality >>Jonathan Vit | September 02, 2012 >> >>Muhammad Taher’s modest one-story home in North Jakarta’s 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. It’s one of the few signs >>of development in a place seemingly untouched by Jakarta’s 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 — men, women >>and children — 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. >> >>“Children at these ages are not supposed to work,” Taher says. “They are not >>supposed to worry about money. They should just play with their friends and >>not think about their family’s income.” >> >>It wasn’t 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. >> >>“It was not a life of the rich, but we never felt any hunger,” 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 — or so depleted of oxygen that large fish can no longer >>survive, according to a Unesco report. >> >>“The government really does not want to know about the problems in Jakarta >>Bay,” 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 Indonesia’s 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 nation’s waters, >>hampering fishermen’s ability to earn a living. >> >>All thirteen rivers running into Jakarta Bay are heavily polluted by human >>waste, which, due to the capital’s 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 Jakarta’s waterways conducted by the Jakarta Office >>of Urban Environmental Study in 1997 found high levels of heavy metals — >>including lead, mercury and copper — 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 Jakarta’s 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 Jakarta’s low-lying neighborhoods on their banks, are overflowing >>with water. >> >>The dumping is illegal, Slamet says, but enforcement is lax. >> >>“The government cannot — or does not want to — penalize these companies,” >>Slamet says. >> >>The pollution has driven Cilincing’s fishermen further out to sea, where they >>have to compete with anglers from Jakarta’s 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 “halos” around the island’s 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. >> >>“What our results show is that fishing can have surprising, but very clear, >>effects throughout coral reef ecosystems,” 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 “bagan” — a wooden platform >>suspended above open water — to save money. >> >>“It is really difficult now to go fishing and there is no balance between the >>costs and the [money] made,” he says. “That is why there are so many who >>stopped being traditional fishermen.” >> >>Only 25 percent of Cilincing’s 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. It’s a dangerous system, but one that many fishermen turn to when they >>cannot afford to feed their families, he explained. >> >>“We sometimes can only pay the interest,” Taher says. “Many of the >>traditional fishermen who once had houses lost them.” >> >>Taher sees hope in the community’s 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 Taher’s tour talk with a slight >>handshake. Mansyur used to be a fisherman, but he now harvests mussels. The >>changes, he said, are heartbreaking. >> >>“I feel very sad seeing these bad changes,” Mansyur says. “I cry inside my >>heart because all of the changes are so extreme and none of them bring any >>good.” >> >>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] >> >> >> >> >> > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [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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