Jakarta, July 28 -- The Ministry of Environment is planning to revitalize environmental study centers at universities to strengthen the development of science-based environmental management policies.

Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq explained that the revitalization is aimed at restoring the function of the study centers in providing operational support to the ministry in environmental management.

"We already have the centers in almost all universities. We want to restore their function to provide operational support," he told the press in Jakarta on Monday after attending a rectors' forum.

The forum, which was themed "The Collaboration of the Ministry of Environment and Universities in Environmental Protection and Management,...