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It has an important role in the life of the people of West Java, as it supports agriculture, water supply, fishery, industry, sewerage, and electricity for 25 million people. It has been noted for being considered one of the most polluted rivers in the world.^[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citarum_River

Revitalization

In November 2011, the river revitalization began, with an expected cost of Rp35 trillion ($4 billion) over 15 years. The revitalization is occurring from Mount Wayang through eight regencies and three cities for a distance of 180 kilometers. The target for the first three years is to collect 10.5 million cubic meters of sedimentation.^[15] In February 2018, the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo launched a seven-year plan to clean up the whole river to achieve clean drinking-water status, ordering 7,000 regular soldiers to clean up allocated sections of the river on a regular basis. They have powers to block up outlets conveying polluted wastewater from factories into the river and are installing rubbish treatment and water treatment facilities. Problems are - lack of money for continuing action, lack of coordination at local level, bribes paid by factories to avoid change, and upstream soil erosion from deforestation that enhances the silting of the lower river. But with wider internet publicity, and now the top-down government enforcement, more foreign consultants are coming in to recommend necessary changes upstream, and local awareness and anti-plastics campaigns are beginning to take effect.^[16]

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Raw sewage and industrial waste in the New River as it passes from Mexicali (Mexico) to Calexico, California

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_pollution

Pollution in the Lachine Canal, Canada

A polluted river draining an abandoned copper mine on Anglesey

Fecal sludge collected from pit latrines is dumped into a river at the Korogocho slum in Nairobi, Kenya.

A garbage collection boom to reduce pollution in an urban stream in Auckland, New Zealand.

Deer Island Wastewater Treatment Plant serving Boston, Massachusetts and vicinity.

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Algal bloom in a river in China

Mean eutrophying emissions (water pollution) of different foods per 100g of protein^[13]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutrophication

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Perhaps that should not be entirely true.

The UN cannot avoid this kind of facts affecting so many people"s livelihood. While merely saying people"s health is much important in the world.

Certainly, the source of pollution problems must be found clearly and issues corrected.

Perhaps the UN should establish pollution measures globally that can be reported by all countries and/or local governments or residents to report on the Internet periodically. A first step every country can do for promoting public awareness and increasing global pressure!

Ideally, this kind of worldwide scheme cannot be easily avoided by big or small corporations to ignore the long term damage cost, even after changing factory. 

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It has an important role in the life of the people of West Java, as it supports agriculture, water supply, fishery, industry, sewerage, and electricity for 25 million people. It has been noted for being considered one of the most polluted rivers in the world.^[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citarum_River

Revitalization

In November 2011, the river revitalization began, with an expected cost of Rp35 trillion ($4 billion) over 15 years. The revitalization is occurring from Mount Wayang through eight regencies and three cities for a distance of 180 kilometers. The target for the first three years is to collect 10.5 million cubic meters of sedimentation.^[15] In February 2018, the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo launched a seven-year plan to clean up the whole river to achieve clean drinking-water status, ordering 7,000 regular soldiers to clean up allocated sections of the river on a regular basis. They have powers to block up outlets conveying polluted wastewater from factories into the river and are installing rubbish treatment and water treatment facilities. Problems are - lack of money for continuing action, lack of coordination at local level, bribes paid by factories to avoid change, and upstream soil erosion from deforestation that enhances the silting of the lower river. But with wider internet publicity, and now the top-down government enforcement, more foreign consultants are coming in to recommend necessary changes upstream, and local awareness and anti-plastics campaigns are beginning to take effect.^[16]

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EvenOdd 发表于 2021-06-09 02:38

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“民主” - 改善人民的生活为主!

Democracy - Improving People"s Livelihood predominantly!

"自由" - 优化自我控制的合理化水平！

Freedom/Liberty - Optimising Self-control Rationalisation level!

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<暂时是无解的>

Perhaps that should not be entirely true.

The UN cannot avoid this kind of facts affecting so many people"s livelihood. While merely saying people"s health is much important in the world.

Certainly, the source of pollution problems must be found clearly and issues corrected.

Perhaps the UN should establish pollution measures globally that can be reported by all countries and/or local governments or residents to report on the Internet periodically. A first step every country can do for promoting public awareness and increasing global pressure!

Ideally, this kind of worldwide scheme cannot be easily avoided by big or small corporations to ignore the long term damage cost, even after changing factory. 

EvenOdd 发表于 2021-06-09 04:43

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Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, organizations and governments. Its objectives are to conserve natural resources and the existing natural environment and, where possible, to repair damage and reverse trends.

Environmental protection - Wikipedia

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From:

Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

Published

7 June 2021

The first non-executive members of the new Office for Environmental Protection were announced today (Monday 7 June).

The new members are Dr Paul Leinster CBE, Professor Richard Macrory, Professor Dan Laffoley and Julie Hill MBE. They will join chair Dame Glenys Stacey in advising Government and holding public authorities to account for their implementation of environmental law.

[url]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-new-board-members-of-office-for-environmental-protection[/url]

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It has an important role in the life of the people of West Java, as it supports agriculture, water supply, fishery, industry, sewerage, and electricity for 25 million people. It has been noted for being considered one of the most polluted rivers in the world.^[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citarum_River

Revitalization

In November 2011, the river revitalization began, with an expected cost of Rp35 trillion ($4 billion) over 15 years. The revitalization is occurring from Mount Wayang through eight regencies and three cities for a distance of 180 kilometers. The target for the first three years is to collect 10.5 million cubic meters of sedimentation.^[15] In February 2018, the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo launched a seven-year plan to clean up the whole river to achieve clean drinking-water status, ordering 7,000 regular soldiers to clean up allocated sections of the river on a regular basis. They have powers to block up outlets conveying polluted wastewater from factories into the river and are installing rubbish treatment and water treatment facilities. Problems are - lack of money for continuing action, lack of coordination at local level, bribes paid by factories to avoid change, and upstream soil erosion from deforestation that enhances the silting of the lower river. But with wider internet publicity, and now the top-down government enforcement, more foreign consultants are coming in to recommend necessary changes upstream, and local awareness and anti-plastics campaigns are beginning to take effect.^[16]

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EvenOdd 发表于 2021-06-09 02:38

Perhaps, next G7 meeting should be held there - West Java!

BTW, a separate meeting mainly for business leaders!