"When the last tree has been revoked, when the last fish has been caught, when the last river has been polluted, people will realize that they can not eat money." (Motto of World Nature Conservation).
Tangse flash flood tragedy has just occurred, and has not been passed. Nine people were killed, three others still missing. Eight bridges broken, the road along 6 kilometers destroyed, two dams breached, two schools were damaged, 751 homes were damaged, and 311 units of which is lost. A total of 3016 families were displaced. A series of this problem has not been completed and still requires a long rehabilitation phase. Not to mention the threat of post-disaster infectious diseases such as respiratory infections, cholera, and diarrhea.
From a number of sites reported that the cause is deforestation. Not surprisingly, the facts show, thousands of cubic meters of logs laid along the flood path. At the end of the stick is still visible marks of sawn with a diameter of 10 cm-75 cm. despite the opinion of such high rainfall and permanent ground slope factor was mentioned as one of the causes of this flood. Escape from it all, no one denies that environmental destruction is the biggest factor Tangse disaster.
Actually the issue of deforestation in Aceh continues to increase from year to year, especially after the tsunami, not a new issue. WALHI Aceh recorded from 1980 to 2008, Aceh's forests have been reduced to 914,422 hectares of the total area of 5,675,850 hectares. That is, 32,657 hectares of forest cleared each year. In 2006, a year before memorium, the rate of deforestation and forest degradation in Aceh has reached a point that is very alarming. Deforestation Aceh's forests during 2002-2004 reached nearly 200,000 acres. Nearly 60% of the practice of deforestation occurs in protected areas and protected forests, including in the area of Gunung Leuser National Park. Deforestation outside forest area accounts for 45% of the total deforestation in Aceh. In total, deforestation in Aceh reached more than 350,000 hectares during 2002-2004, equivalent to more than 5 times the area of Singapore. Deforestation led to degradation of Aceh is getting worse, reaching 1.87 million hectares, among which are scattered in 75% of conservation areas and protected forests (Greenomics, 2006).
That proclaimed the existence of a moratorium on logging since 2007, which essentially repeal the licensing of illegal and legal forestry in Aceh, as almost no resonance. In 2008, the vast forests of Aceh to live 61.42 percent. The results Ecosystem Foundation Lestari (YEL) in 2009, forest loss in Aceh say an average of 0.9 percent per year.
An irony that the warnings of environmental damage would have occurred long ago. The issue of environmental damage in Aceh has been widely depicted as the year 2006, because of the illegal logging activities in post-tsunami. Still, the issues and the application of a discourse memorium only, until the disaster of this magnitude, which is also not the first time, place and casualties.
As if the evidence, the issue of environmental destruction does require a lot of evidence to suggest that a disaster is indeed the effect of environmental damage, rather than a process of nature. Just look at the disaster Wasior, even governments are also beginning to notice about the high rainfall and slope of the land as the main cause of the occurrence of flash floods, so as to close the eyes of the disaster victim's testimony stating that the log-log of wood down from the mountains swept their home. There are so many economic and political interests which makes the slow response of government and the community in responding to environmental issues.
Not only in the country, in a global world order was a reaction that arises not much different, when the ozone hole was first detected above Antarctica early in 1975. In 1977, a plan of action is taken. In 1987, removed the Montreal Protocol. This protocol introduces a range of capacities, including a schedule of actions, oversee the production and release of CFCs into the environment. This allows the use of CFCs and related production to fall to levels during 1986 in 1989, and a reduction by 50% in 1999. There was a pause of up to 10 years for taking action.
In 1978, a book called Twenty Nine Days is published. Its contents regarding all sorts of environmental problems, ranging from the threat of food crisis, energy, marine pollution and water resources, environmental pollution, to global warming. That is, when it alone is enough environmental activists are already aware of the threat and effects of environmental degradation are complex. Only, why his reaction is so slow? Regarding the issue of global warming for example, demonstrated a new commitment in 1992, at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when 150 countries pledged to confront the problem of greenhouse gases and agreed to translate this intent in a binding agreement.
There is a reason that the slow handling of environmental issues fluktuatifnya caused by environmental changes. As the issue of global warming, many scientists doubted it because of global warming is believed to be a normal form of environmental change, is also relevant for several reasons.
In addition, the existence of political and economic interests also hinder the process of environmental recovery. Like the article in the Kyoto Protocol emission reduction which varies from developing countries are not asked to participate in emissions reduction and even the United States in 2001 resigned from this agreement because this emission reduction cost was very large.
The dilemma between environmental interests and economic interests are very great indeed. Just look at the many doubts in the logging restrictions juxtaposed with the magnitude of state revenues from exports of timber and forest products. Also efforts mensubsitusi fossil fuels with biofuels in addition to expensive also impact the food crisis.
However, apart from the absence of global warming as the biggest environmental issue, the fact that environmental degradation, especially deforestation is indeed happening. Denial and attempts to find too much evidence will only give birth to a delay in treatment, which would worsen the situation.
Likewise, in response to the dilemma of political and economic interests versus environmental interests. It was not an easy choice, to abandon primitive ways that are practical and inexpensive alternative to complex and expensive. But in the end, we will all step into the future instead? Of course, efforts are needed not only to make money, but also to ensure that the earth could still be occupied by human beings. Still remember this is not it?
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