I am not Like The Cactus in The Sahara Desert

The title above is not without reason. The title was inspired by impressions slides shown at the Green Student Journalists Declaration. Slide titled "Daddy, why now there is no water?"

Slide is told about a father who lives in the year 2070. His age was 50 years old but looked like an old man aged 85 years. He tells about his life in the past. Life is full of natural wealth and the many sources of springs. The shade of the trees green, all turned with the current situation is dry. Water that used to be wasted now to get it just takes a complicated and difficult. Is that the future life?

There have been many signs of life kerontang that can be felt in this magical city. One who becomes the belle of this country is Lancang Kuning smog that annually swept Riau Province. Even more great again in the fog can be exported to other provinces and neighboring countries. Earth, known for its lost treasures of this Melayu marwahnya with haze coverage of every year would be headline news in every medium of information.

Should we ashamed? Who was to blame? What concrete tindakkan should we do? Here's Riau face, not to drop but, to give reality to the people who actually receive the effects.

The fog of smoke and the annual flooding be a problem if the current government routine. If the problem is still allowed to become stale for years, as a result the story was presented early in this paragraph can be ascertained happen.

"Daddy, why is not there water?" A slide that made me stunned. How do I at the age of 70 years. Are grandchildren or even great-great-I will ask it in line with the above title? Do tweet I would ask how the taste and form waterfalls, cool water? I hope not.

But I am a little relieved by the existence of the biosphere reserve is carried by the leading companies in Riau Province (Sinar Mas Forestry). Well, at least Riau still be breathing clean oxygen from the green areas of Biosphere Reserves Giam Siak Kecil - Bukit Batu. Biosphere reserve has an area of 178,000 hectares which will be the field of lung for the people of Riau Province.

But when compared with neighboring islands there, Java, biosphere reserves or national parks are supported by the people who care about their environtment. Evidenced by the number of schools or parks woods schools that set a beautiful garden. It was beautiful indeed.

But the effort has been made by our local governments, especially Pekanbaru City Government and all the people is to maintain order, security and beauty of the city. This was evidenced by the Sorcerer Pekanbaru City five times in a row to maintain Adipura Cup top award as the cleanest and the largest city of Indonesia. This is clear evidence that communities in Riau province, Pekanbaru City in particular trying to get up and aware of the importance of cleanliness, safety and beauty of the city.

Hopefully, haze, and the annual flood of illegal logging is a problem Riau belle of the province can be overcome and can look for appropriate solutions. Hopefully, Riau Province, Pekanbaru City in particular for 70 or 100 years into the future does not become a city kerontang who lost land, lost their forests.

And I'm not a pile of cactus in the middle of the Sahara desert is able to withstand thirst for losing the source of water. And I do not want my children and grandchildren saying the same. "Father mothers, why now there is no water?"

Originally written by Mimi and Suniarty SMKN 1 Pekanbaru
Translated by Hendrawan, Blogger Riau

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