Tulisan menarik dari Pak Yowono Sudarsono. Kita mungkin sekedar berpikir bagaimana terjadinya. Namun dampak dalam hal pertahanan dan keamanan negara bagaimana ?
Tidak mudah menghadapi hidup di negara yg rawan bencana. Peranan geoscience dalam pertahanan tidak hanya defence peperangan dengan musuh (manusia). Juga bagaimana "deal with the hostile earth" .... dengan alam itu sendiri. rdp -------------------------------------------------------- Every Disaster a Challenge Yuwono Soedarsono Back in mid-January 2006, in a regular meeting between the Defense Ministry, the Commander of the Defense Force and the three service chiefs, agreement was reached that given the circumstances facing Indonesia´s location within "the Ring of Fire", the Defense Force (TNI) would concentrate more on "military operations other than war" rather than focusing defense outlays beefing up its on strike forces. "Professionalism" of the military in the narrow sense was out of the question anyway since the "total defense and security" doctrine (sishankamrata) which Indonesia espoused since the revolutionary years of 1945-1950 obliged every Indonesian citizen to take part in the total defense and security of the country. Now that the Indonesian Government is now simultaneously undertaking recovery and rehabilitation problems following the earthquake in Yogyakarta and Central Java of May 27 (6000 plus dead), the recent tsunami of July 17 in West and Central Java (550 plus dead), followed by the recent July 23 quake in Gorontalo in Sulawesi, the TNI is again gearing up to prepare its limited resources to deal with yet another natural disaster. Never have the role of the TNI been more crucial and more pertinent than at the present time. Despite being underpaid, under equipped and chronically under-funded, I have never been so proud of the tireless efforts of the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines in being always first on the scene in each of these natural disasters. The exemplary behaviour of soldiers, non-coms and officers of all three services attest to the adage that the Indonesian Defense Force is always "first in war, first in peace and first in emergency relief efforts." Indeed, many domestic and foreign observers acknowledge that the TNI is the mainstay of the government´s delivery system crucial to the success of the emergency response coordinated by the government through the office of the Vice President. But every new crisis brings a silver lining. There are always new ways for the TNI soldiers, sailors and airmen to improvise aid efforts, new methods of coordination arising from the esprit de corps that come from every emergency situation. There are always efficiency measures thrust upon units of the TNI as each logistical problem arises on the ground. I have always explained to my foreign colleagues about the ways and means of improvisation that the common Indonesian soldier comes up with since the days immediately after the tsunami of December 26, 2004. Some colleagues abroad criticise that the total defense and security doctrine is "out of date" and that it hampers professionalism. But I maintain that the TNI never sought to submit itself to the notion of the dead hand of "professionalism" in the Western sense. In fact, total defense and security is never going to be out of date. You only have to ask the villagers in West and Central Java. And the people in Gorontalo. For every crisis brings out the best in the TNI non-military role. Saving lives and giving hope is (military) professionalism at its best.. There are going to be more dangers, yes. But there are also opportunities, too. Every crisis is a challenge. The fifteenth CGI (Consultative Group on Indonesia) meeting was held June 14, 2006 at Bank Indonesia. About eigth cabinet ministers attended the opening session with lead speakers Dr Boediono, the Chief Economics Minister; Dr Sri Mulyani, the Finance Minister and Adm.Widodo, the Chief Security Minister. dr Andrew Steer. Country Director for Indonesia of the World Bank, presided over the sessions. Two publications, Investing for Growth and Recovery, prepared by the World Bank Jakarta Office, and Preliminary Damage and Loss Assessment of the Yogyakarta and Central Java Natural Disaster , prepared by BAPPENAS the National Planning Agency, the Local Governments of Yogyakarta and Central Java and International partners (World Bank, Asian Development Bank) was issued to participants. Overall, the reports by Boediono and Sri Mulyani on macro economic management was optimistic: the strengthening of the rupiah over the past 4 months, government budget deficit at 0.5 percent of GDP; debt to GDP ratio down to 47 percent; inflation planned at single digit throughout the next six months. Donor representatives made their commitment speeches about continued assistance to Indonesia, but no major decision was made about assistance to Yogyakarta and Central Java. Press reports speak of USD 3 billion for Yogyakarta/Central Java, about the same figure for international assistance to India in 2001, and Pakistan in 2005, though lives lost in India and Pakistan were well above 50.000. The high figure is attributed to the need to rebuild of homes and buildings destroyed or heavily damaged, and the higher number of Indonesians wounded during the earthquake of May 27, 2006. Everyone at the meeting agreed that governance was the central issue. Somehow, during the presentations I began to muse that beyond the talk about boxes, charts, figures, time lines and target dates, I felt that there was a bit too much of linear technocracy thinking. Discussions about road "maps" and "architecture" of the recovery process need to consider the more fundamental human and cultural factors. In essence, we need more thinking about "horticulture" than "architecture". However neat the plans on the drawing boards and however sophisticated the tools of development planning, it will be humans who will do the implementation on the ground. Team work and team spirit is more cultural than technocracy. Nurturing institutions require the appropriate implantation of seed, applying the right amount of water for plants and saps to grow, the right amount of sunlight to give light to nascent networks of cooperation among disparate groups. There will be hits and misses, and even social glitches and crashing of social gears along the way so long as 36 million Indonesians live below the poverty line, 10 million openly unemployed and 60 million receiving direct cash transfers until the end of 2006. A strong dose of humility in development and recovery planning is needed by both donor agencies and Indonesian officials. -- http://rovicky.wordpress.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- PIT IAGI ke 35 di Pekanbaru ----- Call For Papers until 26 May 2006 ----- Submit to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: iagi-net-unsubscribe[at]iagi.or.id To subscribe, send email to: iagi-net-subscribe[at]iagi.or.id Visit IAGI Website: http://iagi.or.id Pembayaran iuran anggota ditujukan ke: Bank Mandiri Cab. Wisma Alia Jakarta No. Rek: 123 0085005314 Atas nama: Ikatan Ahli Geologi Indonesia (IAGI) Bank BCA KCP. 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