Moving On The Mount Gede-Pangrango Water Line, Climbers Will Be Rewarded With Black List TNGGP

Suryakancana Square on the hiking trail and Mount Gede-Pangrango camp. (ANTARA)

JABAR - The Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park Center (BBTNGGP) applies a black list of climbers who violate the rules for throwing garbage and defecating in springs on the Mount Gede-Pangrango hiking trail.

Public Relations of the TNGGP Center, Agus Deni, said climbers who violate the rules will be subject to severe sanctions until they are blacklisted not to climb under the authority of national parks throughout Indonesia.

"Based on Law number 32 of 2024 concerning Amendments to Law Number 5 of 1990 concerning Conservation of Biological Natural Resources and Their Ecosystems, climbers who commit actions that damage the environment can be subject to severe sanctions," he said in Cianjur, Tuesday, May 6, which was confiscated by Antara.

He appealed to climbers not to take actions that could damage ecosystems and the environment in the Mount Gede-Pangrango area, including littering, including underwear, defecating in springs, and removing eternal flowers or Edelweiss.

Officers will be placed at a number of climbing-prone points, where climbers have found many violations, ranging from the Suryakancana Square area to springs, in order to reduce the number of violations committed by climbers.

"Officers will impose strict sanctions on climbers who are found to have committed violations. Officers will carry out patrols starting from the hiking trail, springs to the Suryakancana Square, where many climbers set up tents," he said.

In fact, his party will tighten the inspection of climbers' belongings at the climbing entrance, such as at the entrance to Mount Putri, Cibodas, and Salabintana-Sukabumi, so that when they descend they must carry the waste produced according to the initial inspection.

After it is confirmed that the amount of waste generated during the climb will be brought back down, so that when a shortage is found, sanctions will be applied to climbers because they are considered to litter.

"We make sure before going up and after going down, the waste produced from the goods brought must be the same. When there is a shortage of sanctions will be imposed on climbers. This is done so that there are no more violations, especially littering," he said.