Quo Vadis Management of Lake Toba (Part 5)

The Government seems to tend to have short-term orientation and very pramatis. So many policies are issued only reflect the interests of owners of capital. For example, government attention to Lake Toba and the surrounding community is minimal. As a result, the community and ecosistem Lake Toba is injured. Losses suffered not only the loss of material, but also the social loss. For example, with the death of fish fingerlings in large numbers, which first occurred in the history of Lake Toba. This certainly makes people very important. Irrespective of what factors cause, but that people have been losers.
Another loss is that the policy of Lake Toba less attention of local culture, have made the people around Lake Toba start and began to leave the affected local wisdom. Social losses have occurred. But we do not see that the grand design from the government about the management of Lake Toba. Even the public is also less involved in it.
Now, the collapse is Lake Toba extinction. One evidence is the death of hundreds of tons of fish fingerlings are kept in Keranda Jala learning (KJA) in the waters of Lake Toba. The death of fish fingerlings into the basic foothold for those who care to the preservation of Lake Toba to say that the ecosystem of Lake Toba is now in crisis. History is the history of Lake Toba "suffering". Historical Lake Toba is a history filled with various problems.

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Quo Vadis Management of Lake Toba (Part 4)

Lake Toba was made as the object enjoyed appetite for human greed. The facts found on the issue of Lake Toba indeed originated from the effort of exploitation without limit to the resources available, whether water, land and the surrounding forest. This is then worsened by the coming wave of development that are often less heed aspects of the environment.

During this, actually has tried a variety of programs created to preserve the ecosystem of Lake Toba. Even the organization / institution has been a lot of standing with title "love of Lake Toba." But the fact is, destruction or degradation of the ecosystem of Lake Toba still occur. One example is a program of planting one million trees, but up to now fact, a lot of land around Lake Toba, which is critical.
Then, the presentation of the Lake Toba Festival each year, which was initially to promote tourism on Lake Toba with the local culture. Appeared to have change becomes yippee-yippee. Then, the program for the development of fish, which it considers less characteristics of Lake Toba. Planting of water hyacinth, which was more of a burden for a new ecosystem of Lake Toba.
Even a government policy that seems very fatal is to give permission for the operation of various industries in the vicinity of Lake Toba. The presence of this industry, bring more losses from the profit for the community and the ecosystem of Lake Toba. The industry is their life is very dependent on the ecosystem of Lake Toba.

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Quo Vadis Management of Lake Toba (Part 3)

Then, seen from the aspect of forest and vegetation of Lake Toba also have distinctive characteristics. This is evident from the forest in the Lake Toba , a very broad area as a prisoner Water Lake Toba. From around 260,154 ha, 94,196 ha more or less consists of primary and secondary forest. While the rest of the land is dry, open land and swamps.

The extent of land as it then used to build various industries around Lake Toba. Then, with the added condition lower communities around Lake Toba, and supported by the availability of resources for the industry, making the owners of capital to build industry around Lake Toba. For this reason there is such justification for the owners of capital to exploit the resources of Lake Toba.
Various activities of the utilization of natural resources, it is more eksploratif without considering the aspects of sustainability and preservation of nature. Actually, Lake Toba is very sensitive to changes in various physical and Biotis. This has proven that in the few years after the presence of various industries around Lake Toba, the nothing to see with our eyes can see that the implications of various forms have occurred in the ecosystem of Lake Toba.

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Quo Vadis Management of Lake Toba (Part 2)

Now, the existence of Lake Toba is very unfortunate. So with this, the meaning and function of Lake Toba has been degraded. This is evident from some of the physical characteristics of Lake Toba, which is changed. Lake Toba burden is large. Indeed, long before the Lake Toba ecosystem degradation such as that experienced now in progress, has actually been quite a lot of research and feasibility studies related to the preservation of Lake Toba.

This means that each person has been reminded to do so sensitive in various activities around the Lake Toba. Seen from various perfektif, Lake Toba that have characteristics different from other ecosystems. For example, in terms of geography, climate (climatology), geology, and in terms of cultural communities that live in Lake Toba. Thus, the treatment must be adjusted in processing with the diferent various .
In the aspect of hydrological, Lake Toba is an area of the Regional Water catch-DTA (Catchment Area) and the giant vital for the life of the surrounding community. The amount of water that enter and exit a balanced, making the water of Lake Toba is very stable. However, with man-made, the balance is disrupted. As a result, the surface of the water in Lake Toba fluctuation.

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Quo Vadis Management of Lake Toba (Part 1)

Lake Toba is one tourist attraction, pride of the Indonesian people that (coincidence) is in the region of North Sumatra Province. There are thousands or even millions of tourists every year come to Lake Toba, both originating from within the country (domestic) or come from overseas. Besides that, in history, became the icon of Lake Toba, North Sumatra. This is perhaps related to the value (unique), which is very high, which is owned by Lake Toba, especially as a natural tourist attraction. Panorama natural, that almost no both of them.
Special for the people of Batak (sub-ethnic Batak; Toba, Karo, Pakpak, Simalungun), Lake Toba has a value apart. Therefore, the history of the Batak people, is the history of Lake Toba, and vice versa. This is because the life of the Batak people, who have ties with the ecosystem in Lake Toba. So, for the people of Batak, Lake Toba ecosystem function is very important. Not only tourist attraction, but also as a source of livelihood (agriculture, livestock, etc.), even as transportation and irrigation. So therefore, there is such a relationship between the community and the ecosystem of Lake Toba.To be continued...

(Oscar Siagian, Daily SIB)

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Bung Karno mystery exile in the Lake Toba (Part 2)

Along with the travel history, the exile home directly raise the mystery for visitors. Stay Suparto (40), the home guard, to reveal the mystery of many stories that often coloring the presence gubug former residence of the Bung Karno.

"If the night, many visitors are often heard voices and foot steps from the meeting room that I used Bung Karno," he said. In fact, visitors who did not experience a rare copy. Not only that, Stay away Suparto shows a photo of cervix enough to make hair stand.

Photo shows the image Bung Karno front of the home with a shadowy female figure that shows the long-haired black, with white dress. Women stand to hang it without legs. "This is giving the curious tourists after memfoto the front of the thin shadow of this appear," said the man who has worked in the home for 18 years.

Although many mysteries that shroud exile home Bung Karno, but Stay Suparto grateful himself did not find direct things Unseen. Even he, his wife and four children have been dozens of years living in the complex. "It may have a mate again," he is said. (okezone.com)

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Bung Karno mystery exile in the Lake Toba (Part 1)

Paradise! In the border areas of Lake Toba, North Sumatra, as if this silent witness to outline the history of the Indonesian nation. Witnesses silent suffering experienced proklamator Bung Karno.

A simple wooden wall that faced the panorama Toba as it does not become a forgotten history of Bung Karno. Only a few know that if at the end of 1948, proklamator leaders of the exile in a dilapidated gubug(house) it. Exile during the 22 days by the Dutch government, without electronic equipment and communication equipment.

Almost 60 years ago, but it still wobbly gubug stand firm on the border of Toba. However, it gubug relegation no longer wobbly. Gubug now blossom as a stately home that used to welcome guests of honor province of North Sumatra.

In the marsou propaganda roving Sumatra, MCC also had a home stay in the relegation Bung Karno. Not only the MCC, noted national figures such as Megawati Sukarnoputri and the MPR Chairman Hidayat Nurwahid tourists to visit the Netherlands was home to this.

Gubug dilapidated former was built two floors with four bedrooms large enough. Entering the home, visitors will be invited to become familiar figure Bung Karno. Many of the images and memories of Bung Karno during the deportation installed in the walls was home.To be continued...(okezone.com)

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