Jakarta, Oct. 1 -- The Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq is preparing steps to intensify efforts to save 15 national priority lakes, as most have not yet achieved the targets set in the conservation strategy.

At the 2025 World Lake Day commemoration in Jakarta on Wednesday, Nurofiq acknowledged that many lakes in Indonesia, especially the 15 designated as national priorities, are still in poor condition.

"The 15 priority lakes are all in poor condition. These figures represent an administrative assessment, but we haven't physically addressed these 15 lakes with concrete activities that would have a real impact on their transformation," Nurofiq said.

The 15 lakes are Lake Toba in North Sumatra, Lake Singkarak and Lake Maninjau i...