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Global warming (global warming) is now a frightening specter that the world community, need to anticipate as early as possible.
In North Sumatra, the Government of North Sumatra (Pemprovsu) through the Environment Agency (blh) Sumut, continue mengkampanyekan planting 5 million trees, in order to anticipate the occurrence of climate change.
"We continue to move the planting of trees in order to anticipate the occurrence of global warming," said Prof Head blh Sumut H Syamsul Arifin SH, MH, Saturday (20 / 6), while giving seed to the symbolic head of the village 6 se Sunggal District, at the Head Office Sunggal , Deli Serdang.
Events of 3400 tree seedlings is a series of World Environment Day which diperingati on June 5. This activity will continue to take up to 28 June.
According to Prof. Syamsul Arifin, global warming is happening at this time cause the air temperature and climate weather will not be stabilized. In Medan own back on the air temperature is 35-37 degree range, which has never happened before.
"Increase in air temperature in the city of Medan is the impact of global warming is currently happening," said Prof. Syamsul Arifin.
Say, with IM, we have participated to help prevent the occurrence of global warming. If there is a 1 Ha trees and lush green, it means we are able to produce 8 kg CO2 that can support 2 million people. "Imagine if in the city of Medan, we can make things like that, then Singapore is a city that will be shady and cool," he said.
According to Prof. Syamsul Arifin, a year since the government Gubsu H Syamsul Arifin and Gatot Pudjo Nugroho (Syampurno), has successfully planted about 2 million trees, the target of 5 million trees will be planted in order to realize the Green North Sumatra (Sumatera Green).
"Blh Sumut akan own attempt to be not only sekada planting 5 million trees, but can be more than that to the tens of millions of trees in order to realize Sumatra Green or Green Sumatra," said Prof. Syamsul Arifin.
In activities yesterday, blh Sumut Management Agency in cooperation with the Regional River Flow (BP-DAS) Wampu-snake, tree planting around 3200. Activities conducted by the village of 6 districts in Sunggal also involve students, NGOs, the team of PKK, and a number of companies, which have a concern akan environment.
Planting, among others, conducted by the symbolic head blh Sumut Prof. Syamsul Arifin H represents H Gubsu Syamsul Arifin SE, in Jalan Medan-Binjai Km 14.5, as long as 8 km.
Specifically in the city of Medan, planting tree seedlings were also done in the area along the River Flow (DAS) Deli River, River Sikambing, who collaborate with the Youth Panca Marga (PPM) Sumut, done symbolically by the Chairman Prof. blh Sumut H Syamsul Arifin accompanied Chairman PPM Sumut, Idham SH, MSi who is also the Head Office of Medan city gardens.
Head blh H Sumut Prof. Syamsul Arifin hope that the tree seedlings have been planted is also maintained because the tree is also animate beings. Thus, the tree is not only just planted, but it also kept and maintained.
Side will evaluate the program within 6 months to a year ahead, and see whether the seeds of trees planted is maintained well, or not. "We hope that the tree seedlings planted today also maintained, not only just planted it," he said.
According Idham, based on existing data, currently only about 0.6 percent only Spatial Medan city that can be used for IM. So that future amounts expected to be further improved.
PPM Sumut own, according to aid Idham have 1000 tree seedlings which consists of tree seedlings Boni, melinjo, Mahoni, Manggo, tree seedlings and Durian. ***