Activity 6
Read a narrative essay entitled Salsabila Khairunnisa. Find the mind idea of each paragraph, then decide the author’s purpose.
Salsabila Khairunnisa
Salsabila Khairunnisa was born in 2003 is an Indonesian environmental activist. Aged 15, she co-founded The Jaga Rimba youth movement which aims to ight deforestation and exploitation in Indonesia. In 2020, she was nominated to be one of the BBC’s 100 Women Award.
Jaga Rimba is closely connected to the community who lived at Laman Kinipan, who was evicted from the village in 2018 by a palm oil company. The business PT Sawit Mandiri Lestari (SML) claimed they had the right to use the land in the community to grow palm. They evicted the villagers, resulting in famine, as well as affecting the community of orangutans who lived in the area. Jaga Rimba campaigns to ensure that the indigenous people of the Kinipan Forest, one of Borneo’s last rainforests, not to lose their land.
Khairunnisa, who is inspired by other climate activists such as Sweden’s Greta Thunberg and Mitzi Jonelle Tan from the Philippines, said Jaga Rimba has advised student campaigns against deforestation on Sumatra island, in Kalimantan and Indonesia’s easternmost region of Papua. Recent campaigns have targeted Indonesia’s plans to develop a giant farm on Borneo island to avoid food shortages, and a job creation bill passed by parliament in October that critics say could weaken environmental standards. Khairunnisa is increasingly being recognized for her climate activism and last month was listed as one of the BBC’s 100 inspiring and inluential women for 2020.
The pandemic has given us a collective awareness that we are all under the same capitalist and patriarchal system that bases its existence on proit. It is time to unite in solidarity, and lead a green and just recovery.
For her, rainforests not only play an important role for biodiversity and tackling climate change, but also “connect us with our ancestors and identity”, she said.
Paragraph 1: Salsabila Khairunnisa is an Indonesian environmental activist.
Paragraph 2: Jaga Rimba is connected to the community who lived at Laman Kinipan.
Paragraph 3: Khairunnisa is inspired by other climate activists.
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Paragraph 4: The pandemic has given us a collective awareness.
Paragraph 5: Rainforests slso connect us with our ancestors and identity.
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