In a brilliant and incredibly advanced move for such an environmentally degraded country, Indonesia has announced the following. From Reuters: Trees for kids: Indonesia's way of beating global warming:
Brilliant! Don't know why this wasn't frontpage news worldwide. Malaysia should do that. Or make it so that everytime DBKL cuts down a tree needlessly from the roadside, they have to plant one somewhere else.JAKARTA (Reuters) - 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," Syahrum Syah Setia, the head of Balikpapan city's Environmental Impact Management Agency, said.
"The city's condition is already worrying, and we must act to tackle global warming."
