BANJARMASINPOST.CO.ID, PALANGKARAYA -Kalimantan Tengah kehilangan salah seorang putra terbaiknya. Itu setelahSuwido Limin, seorang pakar gambut yang juga dosen di Universitas Negeri Palangkaraya (Unpar), dikabarkan meninggal dunia di RSUD Doris Sylvanus Palangkaraya.

Kabar meninggalnya Suwido Limin di usia 61 tahun ini merebak di media sosial Senin (6/6/2016) dini hari. Disebutkan, almarhum sebelumnya dijadwalkan menjalani pengobatan di Penang, Malaysia, karena sakit kanker paru dan kelenjar getah bening yang dideritanya.

"Dr Ir Suwido Limin MS meninggal sekitar pukul 01.00 WIB," sebut satu sumber BPost Online.

Semasa hidup, Suwido dikenal memiliki dedikasi yang cukup tinggi terhadap lahan gambut. Direktur Center for International Cooperation in Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatland (CIMTROP) ini juga paling vokal berbicara tentang ancaman gambut akibat kebakaran hutan dan lahan di Kalteng.

Kabar lain didapat, almarhum saat ini disemayamkan di rumah duka Jalan Iskandar Palangkaraya.

English Translation:

BANJARMASINPOST.CO.ID, Palangkaraya - Central Kalimantan has lost one of its best sons. Suwido Limin, a peat expert who is also a lecturer at the State University of Palangkaraya (Unpar), reportedly died in Doris Sylvanus Hospital Palangkaraya.

News of Suwido Limin's death at the age of 61  spread on social media on Monday (06/06/2016) morning. It said the deceased was scheduled to undergo treatment in Penang, Malaysia, due to cancer of the lung and lymph nodes.

"Dr Ir Suwido MS Limin died around 01.00 pm," said a source for BPost Online.

In his life, Suwido was known to be very dedicated to peatland conservation. The Director of the Center for International Cooperation in Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatland (CIMTROP), he was also  most vocal about the threat of forest fires and peat land issues in Central Kalimantan.

It was informed that his remains has been moved to the funeral home on Jalan Iskandar, Palangkaraya.