The Indonesian government through the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) will work together to develop environmentally friendly waste management technology. This is one of the focuses in the collaboration that will be carried out with Pusan National University (PNU), South Korea through the establishment of a center for cooperation on environmentally friendly marine technology. Together with PNU President Cha Jeong In, Director General of Marine Spatial Management Victor Gustaaf Manoppo will work together to develop technology in shipyards and the maritime sector of the two countries. Victor expressed his concern about the condition of marine debris and plastic which threatens the health of marine biodiversity, industry, and society. Therefore, marine, and plastic waste is a global issue that must be handled by involving various parties and countries.
“Reducing marine and plastic waste is relevant to one of the KKP’s blue economy policies, namely cleaning the oceans through the participation of fishermen, we call it the Love the Sea Month program,” he said on Friday (2/6) at the Hydrogen Ship Technology Center Pusan National University (PNU HSTC) when signing the Letter of Intent (LoI), quoted on Sunday (4/6/2023).
He continued, this collaboration is the first step to further explore how to create healthier oceans through the use of technology that can reduce marine waste and plastic so that it will contribute to the conservation of the marine environment, the sustainable use of marine resources and the achievement of national targets to address the volume plastic waste.
“I appreciate the progress of the collaboration that has been pioneered and make this momentum a joint effort to overcome the problem of marine debris and plastic waste in our oceans,” he explained.
On the same occasion, PNU President Jeong In Cha revealed that the Hydrogen Ship Technology Center is an example of an environmentally friendly ship for collecting and processing marine debris floating in the sea.
“Hydrogen Ship Technology Center (HSTC) submitted this agreement to Pusan National University, and Professor Jae Myung Lee as head of the Hydrogen Ship Technology Center received administrative and financial support from the government for resources and development in the field of hydrogen ships. In addition, Hydrogen Ship Technology The Center is attracting great attention at home and abroad because it promotes development projects and is an example of an environmentally friendly ship that collects and processes floating marine debris,” he explained.
In the future, Pusan National University will make various efforts to strengthen joint research at the international level in engineering, environment and marine. PNU will also hold student exchanges or cooperation in the development of maritime policies and environmentally friendly policies.
“I hope Korea and Indonesia can maintain a partnership that will contribute to the international community, such as solving the marine debris problem, through future cooperation,” he concluded.
June 4, 2023, detikFinance
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