JAKARTA - Minister of Environment (LH) / Head of the Environment Control Agency (BPLH) Moh Jumhur Hidayat said that East Java Province received a ranking 1 assessment in terms of maintaining the environment and managing waste in its area from the Ministry of Environment (KLH).
"My presence here gives an endorsement for the achievements of the East Java Provincial Government in maintaining the environment and managing waste, so that other provincial areas can follow," said the Minister of Jumhur in a written statement received by VOI, Wednesday, July 15.
It was explained by Jumhur, the working visit of the Minister of LH to East Java was carried out in order to appreciate the steps of the East Java Provincial Government (Pemprov) in maintaining the environment and managing waste so that they received a ranking 1 assessment by the Ministry of Environment (KLH).
The Minister of the Majority said that what the East Java Provincial Government had done was a good example for all Indonesian people.
"This is a good example for other provinces not to be negligent and can improve themselves in terms of maintaining the environment and managing waste in their areas," said the Minister of Jumhur.
In addition, during a working visit to East Java, the Minister of LH Moh Jumhur Hidayat took the opportunity to visit a high-achieving school that won the Adiwiyata Award from KLH.
"KLH has a program called Adiwiyata, which is to provide an assessment of schools that are concerned and educate to maintain a good living environment. The criteria for the assessment carried out by KLH is what the school does in educating about the environment is done independently. So these schools are selected as the best schools in Indonesia and deserve to get Adiwiyata Mandiri," explained the Minister of the Majority.
Meanwhile, East Java Governor Khofifah Indarparawansa said that SMAN 1 Gresik managed to win the Adiwiyata Mandiri award in the field of environment because it successfully developed an attitude of initiative to care for the environment.
In addition, this school has also managed to develop potential in order to support the government's food security program. Namely, with limited land and facilities, this school is able to teach students to carry out pilot projects for planting and livestock.
The results of this activity run until its finalization, where there are products that can be cooked or packaged in the form of frozen food,
"When we talk about food security, the community's perspective has always been with a wide area, but it turns out that we can do it in limited land," said Khofifah.
According to Khofifah, the success of SMAN 1 Gresik school in achieving Adiwiyata Mandiri is a reference for all institutions, not only for other schools but for all communities.
"So if there is land, let's plant whatever can be planted, can be agriculture, livestock or fisheries," he concluded.
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