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Scientists urge govt to protect Jakarta Bay
Sat, 05/23/2009 1:24 PM | City
JAKARTA: Most coral reefs in waters around Jakarta severely damaged from fish bombing and massive sedimentation and wastes from the city, a researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) said on Friday.
"I can only classify 40 percent of the coral reefs as in a good condition. At least 15 percent are in a very good state, leaving the rest in severely damaged conditions," Ono Kurnaen Sumadirga said as quoted by Antara.
Ono, a professor of oceanography at the University of Indonesia and Bogor Agriculture Institute, said unscrupulous people's use of bombs to catch more fish had destroyed coral reefs.
The environment that allows coral reef to grow has also been damaged by increasing volumes of waste from the 13 city rivers, resulting in chronic pollution in Jakarta Bay.
"With the increasing city population, we see more garbage being dumped into rivers and ending up in the sea," Ono said. -JP.
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