KALPATARU PIALA RETURN

Kalpataru awardees from North Sumatra put down their trophies carry their awards to be returned to the president at the complex of Merdeka Palace during a protest in Jakarta, September 3, 2013. The awardees of Kalpataru, given to those who devote their life to environment preservation and development, returned their trophies to the president on Tuesday as a protest for government's lack of effort in handling the environmental degradation in North Sumatra, in particular in the forest area around Lake Toba. ANTARA FOTO/Andika Wahyu/pd/ox/13.