Lack of Local Government Concern with dunes, Jember Youth Held Save Gumuk

Dune is a mound -like hill, but the volume is smaller than a mountain . Jember first earned the nickname as the 'City of a thousand dunes'. But gradually it lost thousands dunes one by one. The environmental damage turned out to attract the sympathy of the community, the organization, and the band to join in the evening activities donation 'Save Dunes'. Save dunes is a collective concern tangle of various communities in Jember. Activities led by the Perhimpunan Pers Mahasiswa Indonesia (PPMI) Jember city or Pers Mahasiswa (Persma) Jember took...

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Stop Exploitation Dunes, Save Jember Future

Natural ecosystems including humans in it should move in a balanced manner . In Jember, exploitation dunes began to appear in 1990 . One of the content of the stone plate dunes, considered to have a high economic value if unloaded . Most of the dunes in Jember destroyed for the sake of a few people economically. Though natural dune formation is a phenomenon that is unique and one of a bona fide function as a buffer against natural disasters. "We used to hear that the city of Jember thousand dunes. So the name is a nickname that's an identity....

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