"I praise the community groups' care in protecting the environment and handling climate change, which cannot be handled by the government alone, but by the whole country," he remarked at the LIKE 2 Expo Festival held here on Friday.
The head of state affirmed that efforts to maintain the Earth's sustainability are the responsibility of all humankind, including through the policymakers' role and community movement.
He stated that if environmental sustainability is not maintained, human quality of life will be reduced, along with drought and threatened food supplies.
"The energy and mining sectors are the most impactful," he remarked.
President Jokowi stressed the need for good management of the forestry and energy sectors.
"If we mismanage them, they will disadvantage us," he noted.
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One of the mitigation efforts by the government to protect the environment is establishing nurseries for forest rehabilitation.
"Every mining area has to have nurseries for environmental recovery. Forest rehabilitation must be a concern of the Environment and Forestry Ministry," the president emphasized.
The LIKE 2 Expo Festival, held on August 8-11, is a program initiated by the Environment and Forestry Ministry.
This festival is a forum for introducing real actions, conducting policy improvement, and implementing change in the forestry and environmental sectors.
Earlier, the Environment and Forestry Ministry's Director of Environmental Damage and Pollution Control, Sigit Reliantoro, affirmed that his side was keen to showcase green technology and its potential future use at the festival.
Several technologies are exhibited, including geothermal technology, a solar power plant development plan, green hydrogen, and green ammonia.
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