UPAYA UNESCO DALAM PELESTARIAN CANDI BOROBUDUR SEBAGAI SITUS WARISAN DUNIA PASCA ERUPSI MERAPI TAHUN 2010
Abstract: The volcanic dust of
Merapi’s eruption in 2010 has given some significant impact on the Borobudur
and the surrounding areas. Among them is the whole area of the temple was
covered with volcanic dust 2.5-5cm thickness, number of diseases of
the respiratory tract,
decreasing the number
of tourists the
temple, the people around the temple lost livelihoods, the power
cutteddring one week, and the rise
of crime around
the temple. The
UNESCO effort to
solve various impacts caused due
to the of Merapi’s eruption in Borobudur are: 1) Provide technical assistance,
training for temple cleaning process assisted by Japan and Italy; 2)
grant funds from
UNESCO’s donor countries;
3) provide humanitarian assistance
due eruption such
as provide some
fundsfor refugee homes; 4)
sending 550 experts
for cleansing the
temple; 5) conservation
of Borobudur temple with
short-term conservation stages,
stages of conservation medium and
long term. With
these efforts the
Indonesian government and UNESCO
to improve the
preservation and protection
of the Borobudur
temple as a World Cultural Heritage.
Penulis: Cucum Herlinawati
Kode Jurnal: jphubintdd140010
