Bernas, Siti Masreah (2008) Restoration of a River has to Consider its Ecology Function. In: International Conference on Indonesian Inland Water, 17-18 Nopember 2008, Palembang.
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One of the topics to conserve ecosystem is to restore river naturally. Restoration is the process of returning damaged river ecosystem to its condition prior to disturbance. Restoration of river should be based on its function, it means to return the river condition (physic and biology) and as a natural condition as part of watershed or flood plain areas. Some rivers were just as waterways in Japan before the year of 1900, but those conditions are changed nowadays. Itachi, Hikiji, Izumi and Matsue Hori rivers have been restored and have increased ecological condition. The restoration was based on consideration of flora and fauna life, thus rivers were constructed by laying some rocks or stone, grow wild plants, and leave some space at the edge of the river before concrete wall. Then function of the river is also for a recreation site. In Palembang City, we have not considered a river as part of an ecosystem, the river is just as a drainage system, for example: Sekanak River. Actually, this way of thinking has to be changed before it’s too late. There is one river in Palembang (exactly in “Taman Purbakala Karang Anyar”), where its condition is ecologically good. It is showed by many living creatures such as fresh water shells, fishes, shrimps, crabs and flora in the river (field investigation). Thus this river may be used as a good example in order to restore the river ecologically. But further physical and biological investigations are needed to make a river not just as part of ecosystem but also as a domestic need and recreation place for our future generation.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | S Agriculture > S Agriculture (General) > S590-599.9 Soils. Soil science. Including soil surveys, soil chemistry, soil structure, soil-plant relationships |
| Divisions: | 05-Faculty of Agriculture > 54294-Soil Science (S1) |
| Depositing User: | DR SM BERNAS |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2020 13:56 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2020 13:56 |
| URI: | http://repository.unsri.ac.id/id/eprint/37254 |
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