The Emerald Of Equator (Indonesia) Poem by Sari Mavi

When I was a child, I learned to know you from the teachers.
Who always said: 'You must be proud to be Indonesian children.'
Your country is located in the tropics and passed by the Equator causing Indonesia has a diversity of plants, coral reefs, animals, and so on.

Our country is the nickname for the 'Emerald of the Equator'.
My little brain to record well, just did not fully understand, but feel proud as a child in Indonesia.

As a teenager, I learned to know you from books on Art, History and Geography, and an explanation of the teachers.
'Indonesia is located at 6 ° North latitude -11 ° south latitude and 95 ° East Longitude - 141 ° East Longitude. Thus, Indonesia is located in the tropics and crossed by the equator which led to Indonesia has a high biodiversity.

Indonesia also has various types of ecosystems, such as marine ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems, peat swamps, mangroves, coral reefs and coastal ecosystems.
World nickname for our country is 'Emerald of the Equator'.

'Emerald of the Equator' -
Memories of my childhood still kept well.
I nodded firmly. Full of gratitude and are proud to be the children of Indonesia.

As an adult, I had complete knowledge to know you better -
Distribution of flora estimated at 25,000 types or more than 10% of the world's flora. Moss and algae is estimated to number 35,000 types. While 40% are endemic species that are not found anywhere else in the world, only in Indonesia.
Distribution of fauna in Indonesia consists of 200,000 insects (17% insect fauna in the world) ,4,000 species of fish,2,000 species of birds, as well as 1,000 species of reptiles and amphibians.

Indonesia is an archipelago in Southeast Asia that borders directly with Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, and East Timor and flanked by two oceans are the Pacific and Indian Ocean.

Indonesia has a tropical climate due to its location just below the equator, so it is dominated by tropical forests and agricultural land, which looks like an emerald green that adorn the equator.

Feel the beauty of golden sunshine, imagine the green tropical forest, senses the exotic animals.
Be wild at the same time.
Be elegant.

'Emerald of the Equator' is always a surge in the soul.
I am proud to be part of Indonesia.
I'm so happy.