check out this piece of news...
Plant a Tree for Each Newborn
JAKARTA - AN INDONESIAN city battling the effects of deforestation has come up with a novel way of tackling the problem. Would-be families must plant a tree.
'Everyone who wants to get married or apply for a birth certificate must plant a tree,' Mr Syahrum Syah Setia, the head ofBalikpapan city's Environmental Impact Management Agency, said.
'The city's condition is already worrying, and we must act to tackle global warming.'
The areas around Balikpapan city in East Kalimantan province have lost some of their forest cover to deforestation from the mining and timber sectors.
East Kalimantan loses 350,000-500,000 ha of forest land a year and the government can only replant 30,000 ha of that, local environmental group Walhi said.
Indonesia has lost an estimated 70 per cent of its original forest land, although it still has a total forest area of more than 91 million ha. -- REUTERS
come on, are you serious!? ONE tree? i mean, if you told me to plant a hundred trees before i could get married, i'd still do it! they're going to get these poor couples all the way out to the forests with shovels and boots and all, just to plant ONE tree. fainted.
oh and other news: somali hijackers explaining that their $25 million ransom amount was reasonable cos they had to spend $500,000 in hijacking costs. sign of the times man... charge your reimbursibles to the victims too. per diem, travel, accommodation, entertainment... hijacking not cheap nowadays ok?
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