Several problems related to water in the Asia Pacific region are sanitation, floods, drought, pollution and biodiversity. explained Prof. Ignasius DA Sutapa, Executive Director of the Asia Pacific Center for Ecohydrology at International Conference on the Ocean and Earth Sciences (18 - 19/11)
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Cibinong, LIPI. The
Asia Pacific region is closely related to issues water resources such as
pollution, landslides, floods and others. "We have to use all knowledge to
solve this problem, because it does not only use one aspect of science but uses
different aspects of science, not only hydrology and ecology but cultural
aspects are also important," explained Prof. Ignasius DA Sutapa, Executive
Director of the Asia Pacific Center for Ecohydrology at the Webinar
Ecohydrology a Transdisciplinary Tool for Water Security held by UNESCO Office
Jakarta (17/9)
Cibinong, LIPI. Indonesia has 5,590 main rivers and
600 of them have the potential to cause flooding. The flood-prone areas
that include these main rivers reach 1.4 million hectares. “Flood is one
of the routine disasters that always hits various regions in Indonesia.
The impact is very heavy for society. Especially in this pandemic era,
floods will make things worse. Floods will reduce people's ability to
comply with health protocols to prevent transmission of the SARS-CoV-2
virus, "said the Head of LIPI, Laksana Tri Handoko when opening the
regional webinar" Floods in the Covid 19 Period: Preparedness,
Mitigation and Disaster Management on Wednesday (9/9) .
UNESCO Office Jakarta in collaboration with Asia Pacific Centre for Ecohydrology (APCE), Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI)
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