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113514
Fri, 03/26/2010 - 00:34
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S KOREAN GRANT FOR PROTECTION OF RI'S COASTAL REGIONS
Jakarta, March 25 (ANTARA) - The South Korean government has extended a US$3 million grant to Indonesia for the formulation of a coastal protection and management policy in the world largest archipelagic country.
The grant would come in the form of a project to be handled by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), a release made available to Antara here on Thursday said.
KOICA and BAPPENAS had already signed the record of discussion (ROD) to cooperate in coastal protection and management policy to address the climate change's impact on Indonesia.
The two-year project would focus on a national medium- and long-term coastal protection and management plan, a master plan for selected coastal protection areas with high priority and training for Indonesian officials and engineers in Korea.
Through the project, the two governments aimed to make a collaborative effort to fight climate change in Indonesia through sustainable and sound protection of coastal areas and key infrastructure, development of strategic urban regions in coastal areas, efficient agricultural production in lowland areas and conservation and rehabilitation of precious wetland eco-systems and low-land forests in coastal regions.
Indonesia consists of more than 17,000 islands with the second longest coastal lines in the world. However its coastal line is vulnerable to many kinds of disaster and climate impact due to the uncontrolled coastal zones and unsystematic coastal management.
Therefore, the safety of many infrastructures, agriculture and forest resources, eco-system sand urban facilities near zones had always been at stake.
In order to solve the problem, the Indonesian government felt the need for comprehensive coastal protection and management policy studies related to the infrastructure-based efforts to address the climate change's impact on the seal level, thus requesting technical assistance from the Korean government, the release said.
The grant would come in the form of a project to be handled by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS), a release made available to Antara here on Thursday said.
KOICA and BAPPENAS had already signed the record of discussion (ROD) to cooperate in coastal protection and management policy to address the climate change's impact on Indonesia.
The two-year project would focus on a national medium- and long-term coastal protection and management plan, a master plan for selected coastal protection areas with high priority and training for Indonesian officials and engineers in Korea.
Through the project, the two governments aimed to make a collaborative effort to fight climate change in Indonesia through sustainable and sound protection of coastal areas and key infrastructure, development of strategic urban regions in coastal areas, efficient agricultural production in lowland areas and conservation and rehabilitation of precious wetland eco-systems and low-land forests in coastal regions.
Indonesia consists of more than 17,000 islands with the second longest coastal lines in the world. However its coastal line is vulnerable to many kinds of disaster and climate impact due to the uncontrolled coastal zones and unsystematic coastal management.
Therefore, the safety of many infrastructures, agriculture and forest resources, eco-system sand urban facilities near zones had always been at stake.
In order to solve the problem, the Indonesian government felt the need for comprehensive coastal protection and management policy studies related to the infrastructure-based efforts to address the climate change's impact on the seal level, thus requesting technical assistance from the Korean government, the release said.
