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Swietenia Puspa Lestari
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Swietenia Puspa Lestari (born 23 December 1983) is an Indonesian underwater diver, environmental engineer and environmental activist. Lestari is a native of Pramuka Island in the Java Sea. A keen diver from childhood, she studied environmental engineering at Bandung Institute of Technology. She is executive director of Jakarta-based Divers Clean Action (DCA) and leads a team of volunteer divers who clear rubbish, especially plastic waste from the reefs and recycle what they find. In 2017, she founded the Indonesian Youth Marine Debris Summit (IYMDS). Beginning with three people, the DCA has grown to 12 team members and nearly 1,500 volunteers all across Indonesia. She also helped initiate anti-plastic drinking straw campaign in Indonesia and convinced 700 restaurants to reduce the use of single-use straws. In 2019, she was listed among the BBC's 100 Women, a list of 100 inspiring and influential women. |
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