Indonesia - Lake Toba, in North Sumatra
Fifteen lakes in Indonesia are in critical condition, according to a government official.
National Development Planning Agency
(Bappenas) head Bambang Brodjonegoro said that currently lakes were
facing issues concerning water volume and quality, which had decreased
significantly as a result of environmental degradation, often caused by
human activities such as pollution, logging and illegal fishing. Bambang
sees polluting or dumping garbage into lakes as a dangerous habit that
can worsen the condition of lakes.
“When [people] see water, whether a river or a lake, they see it as a
garbage bin, not as something to protect,” Bambang said during a
meeting at the Environment and Forestry Ministry in Jakarta on Tuesday
as quoted by tempo.co.
.
Among the 15 lakes in critical condition as noted by Bappenas are
Lake Rawa Pening in Central Java, Lake Rawa in Banten, Lake Batur in
Bali, Lake Toba in North Sumatra, Lake Kerinci in Jambi, Lake Maninjau
and Lake Singkarak in West Sumatra, Lake Poso in Central Sulawesi, Lake
Cascade Mahakam-Semayang, Lake Melintang and Lake Tondano in North
Sulawesi, Lake Tempe and Lake Matano in South Sulawesi, Lake Lomboto in
Gorontalo, Lake Sentarum in West Kalimantan, Lake Jempang in East
Kalimantan and Lake Sentani in Papua.
Source - TheNation
