An Nisa Ilmaharini (Sastra 12)

Environment Lover from Condet It was long ago, Condet, East Jakarta was famous for its salak and dukuh. Now, it was famous as a crowd, stuck, dormitory center and worker home care area. Its Betawi term is semek or semerawut. By M CL ! "!E#$I $he %overnment of &'I Jakarta (rovince decision as Condet the heritage area in )*+, was encouraging that area loosing of identity as a heritage. $hen, the green area Condet, -lace of Betawi -eo-le, and fruit variety, the government deserves consideration as a heritage. go to -revent the government to -revent develo-ment in this area a--ly to the .asic s-ace coefficients /0120. %reen o-en s-ace /0 -ercent, while the s-ace may .e .uilt only 20 -ercent. 3 s a result, land -rices .ecome chea-er to o.tain .ecause the IMB 4.uilding -ermit u-5 wretched. (eo-le outside the area Condet throng come 3said ta6is are concerned a.out the environment in Condet. $he ordinary man called &iding is concerned with the condition Condet lately, es-ecially through the Ciliwung !iver in this area also severe condition. "aste -lastic is removed each day to the river .ank in the overla--ing area Condet create the slums and not healthy. 3"hen I was little, every night .efore Idul 7itri time, village residents do Balekam.ang Condet tradition with a .ath and wash in the river. "ith the condition of the river those -ains like this, a tradition that is lost, 3story. Condet area has develo-ed into a dense residential -lace. 8arious fruit tree native Jakarta, which until )**0 still meet this area, was removed to the river .ank. during the flood was over, the trees are gone. long the river .dul 'odir, motorcycle

$he lost of tree salak and fruits ty-ical undergraduate agricultural Jakarta make this feel worried. 9e gathered one .y one and the seeds -lanted in the house. 9e was not interested in working in formal em-loyment. &iding -recisely around the village, looking for something uni:ue Condet and can still .e saved. 9e has collected )0 ty-es of .ark, which was in Condet. No reasonable "hat is &iding is not reasona.le .y their -arents, 9M min 4deceased5 and 9; #unayah 4+0s5. Both want their son works in an office, es-ecially &iding was a scholar. 9owever, he cleans -lants in Ciliwung !iver <ccasionally, when need money, &iding do a motorist. 9e also invites the children of the village to learn a.out -lants. !are -lants that start to introduce her children. $hey were taught to -lant, take care of -lant, clean environment, and take the gar.age in the river. 3In te6t.ooks, they taught seed monokotil and dikotil. 9owever, what are the single seed= $hey do not know. "ell, here they know what monokotil .eans, for e6am-le, salak, while the dikotil like ;ackfruit, 3said &iding esta.lish a Community Ciliwung Condet. $he student is also introduced in the ecosystem and animals that is in the Condet. It was found at least >? .irds and seven ty-es of .ats. $his does not include various ty-es of fish and animals, other small animals. 39owever, in Condet many ecosystems that have .een damaged and changed. (reviously, s-ecies of fish in many Ciliwung !iver, among others, have fish berot, cork, baung, keting, catfish, gold, mase, tawes, lempalung, senggal, julun-julung, scale, melik, and lopis. But now, it was dominated .y sapu-sapu fish, 3said &iding. $he e6istences of sapu-sapu fish, which also devour the eggs of fish@egg ty-e of another,

creating other ty-es of fish, make a hole in the river .ank. s a result, the river wall easy landslide. #a-u@sa-u fish were catched that many residents in the vicinity of the river to retrieve his flesh. $hey sell the meat of the fish with a -rice of !-. /000 -er kg to .e a fish@.ased confectionery. 3#howing to children what is ha--ening in the river, from which there was, and lost. 7rom that was not there, there is now. $his is certainly a valua.le lesson, 3he said. DISCUSSION &iding students were a.out 20 -eo-le. $hey are elementary and ;unior high school students around the Condet. $hey can come at any time to discuss a.out the -lants and rivers. 3"ith inculcate love environment to children, they can .ecome am.assador for the cam-aign environment for the -eo-le near.y,3 said &iding ho-e. &iding -lant collections are now thousands of s-ecies. 7rom salak with its variety, duku, kemang, sukun, kapuk, melinjo, Pucung 4kluwek5, until jengkol. Besides, he still has ,,000 seedlings ready to -lant the .ay do not know whether he will. 3I want to -lant here, .ut I do not have the land again. $his is only my neigh.ors in the land .ank, 3said &iding who manage the land area of 2 hectares. Neigh.ors are willing &iding of land .ecause land is managed is always clean. 3If the environment clean, so -eo-le are reluctant to dis-ose of waste, this means that there is no. 9owever, if land did no -lant, -eo-le did not feel guilty the trash in the river, 3said the seventh child of )0 .rothers this. &iding admitted, the waste involved in the tree he was clear with his students, and removed .ack to the river. 9e knew, what was done wrong. 9owever, do not waste that may .e thrown to shelter residents .ecause there are so many in num.er. In addition, he also did not have any e:ui-ment to haul trash from the river to raise residential citiAens. $he issue of Condet for land issues wastes in the river, to change the ecosystem, a concern &iding. 9e ho-es if the more -eo-le who care a.out the environment, local ecosystems will .e more good, healthy, and .eneficial for all residents.