Indonesia’s Forestry Minister, Raja Juli Antoni, kicked off the plantation of mangrove seedlings over an area of five hectares in the Mangrove Arboretum Park in the Tahura Ngurah Rai area of Bali on Thursday (16/1/25,) according to reporting from Antara News.
“This year, we will plant around 50,000 mangrove seedlings on five hectares of land. We want to plant more as Indonesia has the largest mangrove field in the world,” he said.
Antara News says that Indonesia has 3.5 million hectares of mangrove areas, accounting for 30 percent of the global area under mangroves.
In collaboration with civil society organizations, such as Sahabat Mangrove Ranger and the Muhammadiyah Student Association (IMM), the government is intensifying the planting of mangroves, which are known to check abrasion, increase biodiversity, and absorb carbon emissions.
“The business model has changed now, from cutting down to replanting. With the trend of carbon trading, the more trees we plant, the more benefits we will get economically from the sale of the carbon, that is how we support sustainability,” Antoni explained.
The Ministry of Forestry targets planting 1,500 hectares of mangrove seedlings across Indonesia in 2025, says Antara News.
The Chairperson of the Bali Mangrove Care Forum (FPMB), Nyoman Sweet Juniartini, said the 50,000 mangrove seedlings, brought by the Ministry of Forestry, consist of four types of mangrove trees.
The planting process will continue with the community in Bali as the target of planting another five hectares will take the total mangrove cover to 15 hectares of land in the Ngurah Rai Tahura Area, according to Antara News.
Specifically in the Mangrove Arboretum Park area, in the first stage, three hectares of mangrove land was arranged, with the plan to develop the mangroves in the Pedungan area, South Denpasar, as an educational tourism location, she said.
Source: Antara News
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