Department of Environmental Geography, UGM successfully passed 2 teams in the 9th Green Base National Paper Competition organized by Resource and Environmental Economics Student Association (REESA) and the Student Executive Board, Faculty of Economics and Management, Bogor Agricultural Institute. First team consisted of Yan Abdi Rahmanu, Dicky Satria Dwiputra, and Gagad Nur Ridho (GEL2015) guided by Dr.rer.nat Muhammad Anggri Setyawan, M.Sc. raised the theme of morphoconservation mapping in the Bompon Sub-watershed, Magelang. Second team consisted of Cahyadi Ramadhan, Najmah Munawaroh and Aji Dwi Pratama (GEL2015) raised the theme of GIS-based fishing calendar.
First team won 1st place in the competition which carried the theme “Agricultural and Marine Sector Innovation in the Framework of Sustainable Development”. Scientific Presentation was held on Friday (29/9) in IPB, Bogor. “The hope is that the work made is not only for competion, but as a real action in maintaining environmental sustainability in Indonesia,” said Yan Abdi as team leader. Competition raises various student innovations to face the challenges of the Indonesian nation in the future. Creative idea of dealing with problems as well as renewing the system in the agricultural and marine sector will be very useful for realizing sustainable Indonesian development.