Environmental Preservation Efforts
Clearly visible environmental issues areflooding, erosion, large amounts of waste, and water and air pollution. All of these problems reflect dependence of the natural environment function naturally. Deforestation ell the upstream of the river reduces the ability to resist the flow of cm abundant water into an increasingly shallow river that cause flooding; depleted plants lead to erosion of soil, pile of garbage on the streets and in trash cans; narrowing offorest reduces the areafor th? endangered animal to live so that the species would he more increasingly scarce. as well as industrials and vehicles Jill the air with waste disposal and river pollution can cause damage to human health. Environmental resources, such as air. water, soil and biota can provide valuable economic goods. either directly or indirectly. From the economic point of vielv, misuse of resources utilization of common property caused by the lack of balance mechanism of the individual awareness that limit the exploitation, decrease the economic value of environmental resources or even lost. Participation of the community to be sought to anticipate the impact of the environmental management activities includes: (a) increasing public awareness about the importance of preserving the environment, (b) keeping basic means of environmental management, both natural resources and basic rules of the environment; and (c) solving urgent environmental problems. The efforts to increase public participation in environmental preservation would be successful. If the involvement of the community in the planning and implementation stages and assessments supported through formal and non-formal education. Consequently, education is the most effective strategy in generating awareness about the importance of'preserving the environment.