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Ahead of Bali forum, govt calls for global action on water security
In preparation for Indonesia's leadership of the upcoming 10th World Water Forum (WWF), the government has stressed the need to make water security a key political priority locally and globally.
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Danone Indonesia director of government affairs Rachmat Hidayat, Jasa Tirta II president director Imam Santoso, Public Works and Housing Ministry special advisor Firdaus Ali, Apindo chairwoman Shinta Kamdani and the Communications and Information Ministry’s director general for information and public communications, Usman Kansong, participate in a Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club (JFCC) panel discussion in Jakarta on July 4, 2023. (youtube.com/10thworldwaterforum/-)
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head of Indonesia’s leadership of next year’s 10th World Water Forum (WWF), the government has emphasized the need to raise awareness about water security and that water needs to be “the main political priority on both the local and global agenda”.
"Water security is a must,” Firdaus Ali, special advisor to the Public Works and Housing Ministry, told the media at the ministry’s offices on Tuesday, following a panel discussion titled “Road to the 10th World Water Forum”.
Water security was more important than food security, he said, because it “enables us to build our food security and establishes our energy security, as 98 percent of energy relies on water,” said Firdaus, who advises the ministry on water resources management.
With the world population reaching 8 billion, the world was confronting a water crisis driven by a drastic increase in demand, he warned, but at the same time “our water is contaminated and the infrastructure is inadequate”.
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During the panel discussion, Firdaus mentioned that the government had constructed infrastructure to improve water supply, distribution and disaster control management.
He added that the government had built 36 new dams since 2014 and planned to build 25 more before 2025.
