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was delighted by an amazing news equipped with “facilities” for various
when President Jokowi inaugurated the animals, such as turtles, bears, deer, elk, or
I ekanbaru-Dumai Toll Road at the end other wild animals to pass through without
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of September 2020. The news was that a fear of life-threatening danger.
section of the toll road is facilitated with
five “elephant tunnels”, located in Balai Likewise, large dams there have a “water
Raja and Siak Kecil Wildlife Reserve area. ladder” that allows salmons to continue
Saya semakin gembira ketika This is serious news! Why? Because toll returning upstream to spawn each autumn.
mendengar kabar bahwa roads are not just about infrastructure, but Back then I often asked myself, when would
terowongan serupa akan pula also about ecosentrism. Indonesia have this kind of facilities? Now
dibangun di segmen Aceh. I was even more excited when I heard that my answer is here.
BADAN PENGATUR JALAN TOL ecosentrisme telah menjadi equipped with similar tunnels. Now we are We should keep going and work on similar
Maka bolehlah kita yakin bahwa
Is ecosentrism enough? Yes, for now it is.
toll road segments in Aceh will also be
bagian tak terpisahkan dari
compromise in other big infrastructure
finally allowed to believe that ecosentrism
projects. However, in the future, we will
has become an inseparable part of our
cara pandang infrastruktur kita.
need to implement an even more advanced
infrastructure perspective.
I was even more excited when
I heard that toll road segments What makes ecosentrism important? Far perspective: anthropocene.
What is anthropocene? It is a new term
too long have we been neglecting the
in Aceh will also be equipped existence of wild flora and fauna during introduced by United Nations Development
with similar tunnels. Now we establishment of large infrastructures. Programme (UNDP) during the launching of
are finally allowed to believe We seem to have forgotten that these Human Development Report 2020 entitled
that ecosentrism has become creatures are fellow earth inhabitants. This The Next Frontier: Human Development
an inseparable part of our perspective can’t be blamed since we grew and the Anthropocene. The term illustrates
infrastructure perspective. up with heavy influence of anthropocentric a new era where Planet Earth will no longer
perspective that deemed human kind as form human. On the contrary, human
apex creatures on earth and setting aside civilization and technology will shape the
other creatures is allowed. fate of Planet Earth1.
However, we must not continue upholding Our civilization must begin to direct
such perspective. It is time to shift toward our infrastructure building toward
ecosentrism, which is a way of thinking anthropocene era. This is especially
The Elephant that puts the earth (eco) as the center important since we possess natural
diversity like no other in the world. We
of interest. All children of the earth, such
Tunnels on Sumatra as flora, fauna, wild animals, forests, are rich in natural resources and have
Toll: Ecocentric volcanoes, rivers, estuaries, steep cliffs, everything that we need to affect the fate
of Planet Earth. We have seas, magnificent
tectonic plates, as well as humans,
Infrastructure possess the same position and rights to islands, beautiful bays and straits,
remaining forests with various exotic
utilize the earth.
animals, and friendly climate though sadly
We live on the same planet. We share roles, has started to change recently. We need to
By Dr Agus Prabowo not eliminating each others. The era of act while we still have everything!
(Senior Management Advisor for ecosentrism seems to have started in our
Environment Unit UNDP) country! The story of Elephant Tunnels on
Trans Sumatra Toll Road proves that
We must admit that building infrastructure our infrastructures do not only serve
automatically changes landscapes. It humans, but also care for the nature
is inevitable. However, now we must surrounding them. Let’s prove that future
compromise more than ever. We must infrastructures will take care of the earth
BADAN PENGATUR JALAN TOL
always look for a win-win approach for the as much or more than now. We must be
benefits of humans and nature. Developed ready to enter the anthropocene era…
countries such as Scandinavia, Canada, or
Japan, have implemented such compromise 1 The Covid-19 Pandemic, which causes
long before. In fact, they have started it damage like never before contributes
since the 1990s. more or less to this idea. Warnings about
challenges in Anthropocene era, unless
That time, I was stunned witnessing a humans change their way in interacting with
highway cutting through the landscape, the planet.
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