Sand mining activities along the banks of the Begawan Solo River have led to many negative environmental impacts in the region, from noise pollution to infrastructure damage to dangerous riverbank erosion.
Native to Bojonegoro, East Java, Parto started his career as a journalist in 2013 at the Bojonegoro Media block. He was appointed as an editor in 2015, and in 2019 he became the Editor in Chief (Pemred) for one of its online news outlets, BlokBojonegoro.com. Parto is a member of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI).