{"id":672535,"date":"2019-08-05T15:20:04","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T15:20:04","guid":{"rendered":" <br><div id=\"\"><div id=\"attachment_987657\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Medi-Bastoni.jpg\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-987657 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><noscript><img class=\""},"modified":"2019-08-05T15:20:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-05T15:20:04","slug":"man-walking-in-reverse-to-save-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/05\/man-walking-in-reverse-to-save-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Walking in Reverse to Save Forests |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"attachment_987657\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Medi-Bastoni.jpg\"  class=\"size-full wp-image-987657 lazyload\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-987657 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Medi-Bastoni.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"  \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">This handout courtesy of Medi Bastoni taken and released on August 5, 2019 shows Bastoni as he takes a selfie during a quick stop in Kendal, during his ongoing campaign to draw attention to the issue of deforestation in Indonesia. \u2013 Bastoni is walking 700-kilometres (435 miles) from his home on a volcano in East Java to Jakarta in the hope of drawing attention to the archipelago\u2019s quickly shrinking forests \u2014 and he is doing it backwards. (Photo by Medi BASTONI \/ COURTESY OF MEDI BASTONI \/ AFP) \/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>An Indonesian man is walking 700 kilometres (435 miles) from his home on a volcano in East Java to Jakarta in the hope of drawing attention to the archipelago\u2019s quickly shrinking forests \u2014 and he is doing it backwards.<\/p>\n<p>Medi Bastoni, a 43-year-old father of four, set out on his arduous, in-reverse journey in mid-July, with the goal of reaching the capital by August 16, a day before the Southeast Asian nation\u2019s independence day anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course I\u2019m exhausted, but I\u2019m willing to do this to fight for the next generation,\u201d Bastoni told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(My home) is losing all of its trees so I have to do something. I can take the pain and fatigue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When he arrives, Bastoni said he hopes to meet with President Joko Widodo and highlight deforestation across the archipelago including at his home on Mt. Wilis, a dormant volcano.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesia suffers from one of the high rates of deforestation in the world, according to Greenpeace.<\/p>\n<p>Bastoni walks 20 to 30 kilometres backwards every day under the scorching sun, with a rear-view mirror attached to his backpack to avoid bumping into objects.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, supporters cheer him on, offer him meals or a place to stay overnight. But Bastoni always leaves at dawn to stay on schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Walking backwards is meant as a signal to Indonesians to reflect on the past and remember how national heroes fought for the good of the country, he said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n\t\tn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n\t\tdocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('init', '247107802609931');\n\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This handout courtesy of Medi Bastoni taken and released on August 5, 2019 shows Bastoni as he takes a selfie during a quick stop in Kendal, during his ongoing campaign to draw attention to the issue of deforestation in Indonesia. \u2013 Bastoni is walking 700-kilometres (435 miles) from his home on a volcano in East [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":672536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-672535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-odd-but-true"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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