Cilegon (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on his countrymen to make reforestation efforts by planting trees in a bid to avoid flood and landslide disasters.
Witnessing a simulation on tsunami drill at Gunung Sugih subdistrict in Cilegon, Banten, on Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the deadly Asian tsunami which hit Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province on December 26, 2004, Yudhoyono said widespread deforestation could cause floods, landslides and land erosion.
Yudhoyono said reforestation movement by planting trees was part of an effort to save all the plants and and living creatures in a particular area of their physical environment.
Therefore, the head of state called on all public elements, as well as regional governments, to plant trees in barren land areas in an effort to save the earth from global warming and climate change.
"I ask all public elements and regional governments to take serious heed to the reforestation movement to prevent natural disaster such as flash floods and landslides from happening," Yudhoyono said.
Commenting on the tsunami drill, President Yudhoyono expressed hope that through such an exercise, the people in tsunami-prone areas would understand and know what to do in a case of an emergency.
"We do need tsunami simulation drill like this and therefore I hope it can be presented across the country," the Indonesian head of state said. (*)
Witnessing a simulation on tsunami drill at Gunung Sugih subdistrict in Cilegon, Banten, on Wednesday to mark the third anniversary of the deadly Asian tsunami which hit Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam province on December 26, 2004, Yudhoyono said widespread deforestation could cause floods, landslides and land erosion.
Yudhoyono said reforestation movement by planting trees was part of an effort to save all the plants and and living creatures in a particular area of their physical environment.
Therefore, the head of state called on all public elements, as well as regional governments, to plant trees in barren land areas in an effort to save the earth from global warming and climate change.
"I ask all public elements and regional governments to take serious heed to the reforestation movement to prevent natural disaster such as flash floods and landslides from happening," Yudhoyono said.
Commenting on the tsunami drill, President Yudhoyono expressed hope that through such an exercise, the people in tsunami-prone areas would understand and know what to do in a case of an emergency.
"We do need tsunami simulation drill like this and therefore I hope it can be presented across the country," the Indonesian head of state said. (*)
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