CALL FOR ACTION ON 22nd MAY 2012:
THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF
MARINE BIODIVERSITY
INTERNATIONAL
BIODIVERSITY DAY is one of environmental celebration day which aims to
foster the love of entire earth’s population to biodiversity. Coinciding
with that, KIARA together with civil society both from Indonesia and
international, The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers
(ICSF), The National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF), World Fisherfolk People
(WFFP) calling the importance of regaining the traditional fisherfolks
right,s as the effort of protection that done to biodiversity, also
ensuring sustainable use; and because of that we held variety activities
with theme “Ensuring Traditional Fisherfolk over The Right to Access
and Right to Manage Coastal Sea”
KIARA
invites all traditional fisherfolks, coastal communities, and civil
society organizations to perform an active role in it, through variety
of educational and informative agendas, also being able to delivered an
important message to the enforcement of fishing rights to many
countries. In India, fishery workers and environmental activists will
hold a meeting in the states, including planting mangrove seedlings,
cleaning conservation areas in order to mainstream coastal and marine
management to be more effective.
In
Indonesia, Marine Biodiversity Day 2012 celebration is held and KIARA
initiates simultaneous agendas in several coastal areas as resistance
against: disposal pollutants waste into the sea by the mining industries
(among them: Lapindo, Newmont); deforestation of mangrove for
reclamation and oil palm plantations; privatization and
commercialization for the coastal tourism industry -which caused to
declining life of fisherfolks. The series of events are taking place
simultaneously on May 22, 2012, in various parts of the islands and
coastal areas, including:
# Festival of Coastal Marine Biodiversity (Marunda Kepu, North Jakarta)
Situation
of Jakarta coastal area in post-reclamation not only destroyed social
order of Marunda community, but also destroy coastal ecosystem. For
that, "Sea Alms" or Sedekah Laut is a symbol how human could balance
the nature elements and human need that depends on sea. This event also
will have some side events, such as coloring contest with theme “Coastal
and Marine Life”; Drawing contest and Writing Story Contest with theme:
“My Dream for the Future of Jakarta Sea and Coastal Areas”; fundraising
of reading book for fisherfolks children; planting mangrove; also
Finger Puppets Tale with theme handling waste and turtle rescue. For
more information, contact: Fisherfolk of North Jakarta, Mr. Tiarom
(KNTI) on +628811527166
# Celebrating Marine Biodiversity Rescue (Banda Aceh, Aceh)
With
agendas: a) an interactive discussion of "Saving Biodiversity of Marine
Turtle Species"; b) Visiting Turtle breeding in Lampuuk Beach; c)
cleaning up the environment around the Lampuuk beach. For more info,
contact:
Mr. Marzuki (Kuala) on +6281360382594
# Planting 15,000 Mangrove Seedlings (Langkat, North Sumatra)
Planting mangroves precisely in register 8 / l District West Brandan,
Langkat, North Sumatra Province is part of efforts to restore ecosystem
that since 2006 encroached and converted into oil palm plantations. For
more info, contact: Langkat Fisherfolk, Tajruddin Hasibuan (KNTI) on +6281370931995
# Sea Alms/ “Sedekah Laut”: Prioritizing Coastal Rescue against Privatization” (Semarang, Central Java)
Environment increasingly polluted, the climate no longer predictable and
deteriorating quality of biological diversity are the reason why
fisherfolks still live below the poverty line. Sea alms/ Sedekah Laut is
one of fisherfolk local wisdoms to say blessings and thanks for the
gift that entrusted by the Almighty. However on the other side,
ironically where damaging practice has occured due to policies that not
stand in fisherfolk side. For more information, contact: Mr. Selamet
(Legal Aid Semarang/ LBH Semarang) on +6281325171267
# Planting Mangrove Seedlings in Bulak Setra Beach, West Java:
"Saving The Coastal Areas against Sand Iron Mining"
Fisherfolk of Ciamis is now against iron
sand mining in the district of Ciamis, West Java. Land in Ciamis
district will be opened for sand mining by local government, one of them
is surrounding Pangandaran Beach, West Java Province, covering an area
of 12 hectares. To cancel the government's plan, its is important to
raise critcal awareness on how much mining will cause danger, also need
to have a real movement of all elements of society especially the
fishers rejecting iron sand mining in the area of Pangandaran beach, by
planting mangroves. For more information, contact:
East Java Fisherfolk, Mr. Nurdin Asep (KNTI) on +6287826785999
# Planting Mangrove, Rejecting Coastal Reclamation
(Surabaya, East Java)
Reclamation
project in Kenjeran coast has caused most of fisherfolk more difficult
to capture fish, because of living space and fishing grounds been
grabbed. Planting mangrove and campaign in order to reject coastal
reclamation is for voicing message that coastal management supposed to
be undertaken by the fisherfolks. For more information, contact: East
Java Fisherfolk,
Mr. Sugeng Nugroho (KNTI) on +6281231464979.
# Ensuring Fisherfolks Right to Access and the Right
to Manage Coastal Areas (Ternate, North Maluku)
Public
campaign to save biodiversity sea and coastal area of Ternate are
necessary in order to have a major agenda reviving efforts of saving the
environment against mining of nickel and gold which been massive than
ever. For more info, contact: Mr. Ismet Soelaiman (Walhi Malut) on +6285240329345 /
Mr. Dominggus Malle (Baileo) on +6281399924104.
# Boats Parade for Voicing Protection of Traditional Fisherfolks
(Tarakan, East Kalimantan)
Currently,
Tarakan fisherfolks are mourning, that their vessels sinking due to
high waves and strong wind. There are no victims, however six vessels
sinking and two of them not yet found. Fisherfolks are also facing
challenges due to PT Telkom's cables are being planted on the seabed.
The problem is that because the excavation areas are functioned as a
fishing ground. Until now, Tarakan fisherfolk are in risky situation of
losing their fishing ground and the destruction of marine biodiversity.
For more info, contact: Mr. Rustan, Fisherfolks of Tarakan (KNTI) on +6281346499011.
# Saving Fisherfolk's Management Area against Mining Activities
(Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi)
Most of Southeast Sulawesi area contains
with natural resources such as gold, nickel, asphalt, etc., which are
now exploited by foreign and national corporations. In North Kolaka,
coastal areas that have been used to grow the seaweed and grouper now
polluted with red mud from mining. This momentum is to announce the need
of rescuing the fisherfolks in Southeast Sulawesi, through
consolidation and education agenda also public campaigns. For more info,
contact: Mr. Hartono (Walhi of Southeast Sulawesi) on +6282195937575.
KIARA . KNTI . KuALA . LBH Semarang . Walhi Sulawesi Tenggara . PNK . Baileo . Walhi Malut . GSM Sultra .
ICSF . WFFP . NFF
More information available in www.kiara.or.id
