JUSTICE FOR THELASTRIVER

Ecological Observation and Wetlands Conservation (ecoton) sued the Provincial Governor and BAPEDAL (environmental management agency) of East Java for neglecting to enforce existing water quality laws and ignore the dumping of untreated industrial waste into Surabaya River. The main support is from NGO called LBH Surabaya as a legal aid organization that served as our legal representative for free. They help us to prepare all the legal documents for the court. We also have many support from some community groups, NGO friends, university researchers, media and even from some ‘good’ BAPEDAL staffs as well. They gave us supporting words and suggestion. But, Many of public components were pesimistic to our legal action since they still doubt on the legal institution process and courts in Indonesia.

BRANTAS RIVER FREE ZONE TO POLLUTE

Brantas River is the largest river in East Java Province that stretches along 312 km and the total drainage area is 12,000 km2. The lower segments of the Brantas River are known as the Surabaya River and Mas River.
Surabaya and Gresik City are the two major urban industrial areas in Indonesia. Surabaya metropolitan area is [...]

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