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Mon, 05/11/2009 - 19:31
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WOC YET TO INVOLVE FARMERS, COASTAL AREA PEOPLE
Manado, May 11 (ANTARA) - The ongoing World Ocean Conference (WOC) in Manado has yet to involve farmers and people living at coastal areas., an Indonesian official involved in the conference said.
WOC Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) chairman Eddy Pratomo said here on Monday that a formulation would be sought to involve farmers and people living in coastal areas in future forums like WOC.
"We have yet to involve them, but the time will come when we seek a formulation to involve farmers and people in coastal areas in future forums like WOC," Pratomo said at a press conference at the Grand Kawanua Convention Center.
He said the first WOC this time was specialized for government representatives to obtain political support from WOC participating countries.
"We have a common understanding that people at coastal areas are affected by climate change at sea," Pratomo said.
Meanwhile, WOC national committee secretary Indroyono Susilo said, a draft of the Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) was based on inputs from various quarters, including local communities, farmers, and other stakeholders.
Earlier, in the runup to the WOC and Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Summint in Manado, a number of non-governmental organizations protested and intimidated members of the Manado Alliance and farmers in North Sulawesi.
The Manado Alliance is an organization of farmers and local, national, and international people with an objective to give actual information about the problems of farmers, the seas, the importance of marine ecosystem preservation, and farmers rights and solidarity.
The Manado Alliance also said it was not sure that the WOC and CTI would be able to solve the problem of farmers, the seas, and climate change proelms because of US involvement in decision making.
"We doubt the credibility of WOC and CTI to reduce the impact of climate change because of US involvement as the major contributor of carbon emission and its refusal to sigh the Kiyoto Protocol," Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) coordinator Siti Maemunah said.
WOC Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) chairman Eddy Pratomo said here on Monday that a formulation would be sought to involve farmers and people living in coastal areas in future forums like WOC.
"We have yet to involve them, but the time will come when we seek a formulation to involve farmers and people in coastal areas in future forums like WOC," Pratomo said at a press conference at the Grand Kawanua Convention Center.
He said the first WOC this time was specialized for government representatives to obtain political support from WOC participating countries.
"We have a common understanding that people at coastal areas are affected by climate change at sea," Pratomo said.
Meanwhile, WOC national committee secretary Indroyono Susilo said, a draft of the Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) was based on inputs from various quarters, including local communities, farmers, and other stakeholders.
Earlier, in the runup to the WOC and Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Summint in Manado, a number of non-governmental organizations protested and intimidated members of the Manado Alliance and farmers in North Sulawesi.
The Manado Alliance is an organization of farmers and local, national, and international people with an objective to give actual information about the problems of farmers, the seas, the importance of marine ecosystem preservation, and farmers rights and solidarity.
The Manado Alliance also said it was not sure that the WOC and CTI would be able to solve the problem of farmers, the seas, and climate change proelms because of US involvement in decision making.
"We doubt the credibility of WOC and CTI to reduce the impact of climate change because of US involvement as the major contributor of carbon emission and its refusal to sigh the Kiyoto Protocol," Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) coordinator Siti Maemunah said.
