InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – Besides being well-known as the main source to inform/forecast the climate and weather, Geophysics, Climatology, and Meteorology Agency (GCMA) also informed about green – house gas (GHG) emission, it would be one factor that contributed to the temperature and decreasing air quality in many regions.
Coordinator of Sub Information GHG, GCMA, Albert Christian Nahas said that the air quality would not be the same in each location. It would depend on GHG emission level. “Air temperature can change because of GHG emission,” he said to InfoSAWIT in a journalist workshop in the office of GCMA, Monday (14/10/2024).
Albert also explained that the land use change in the forests to be palm oil plantation would significantly deliver impacts to the increasing GHG emission. Palm oil plantation business would be in some phases, such as, the planting, to process the harvests. These potentially produced pollution and would increase GHG emission. “Palm oil plantaitons would cause pollution and produce GHG emission,” Albert said.
To minimize the impacts, he suggested the planters should implement sustainable practices to balance GHG emission produced. One suggestion would be by taking advantages on the wastes to be renewable energy and palm oil products would be more environmental.
Palm oil plantation business might always be accused as one biggest contributor in GHG emission that contributed to the climate damage in Indonesia. But by implementing some things, such as, processing the wastes to be renewable energy, it is hoped palm oil plantation productivity would remain high and minimize the negative impacts to the environment.
This reflected that it would be significant to get collaboration among the industries and other institutions, such as, GCMA, to deal with climate issue and would maintain the ecosystem balance for the greener future. (T1)