Bali to hold environmental conference

DENPASAR (indo.com): Bali has been chosen as the location for a national conference on environmental sustainability on June 5, 2003.

Representatives of the Indonesian work force, such as fishermen, foresters, farmers as well as members of the national cabinet of Indonesia will attend the conference.

As a follow up to the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in South Africa earlier this year, the national environmental summit intends to map out how the Indonesian economy can operate on an environmentally self-sustaining basis.

The Minister of Indonesia's State for the Environment, Nabiel Makarim, said that President Megawati Soekarno Putri and the Vice President will attend in this meeting.