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Sat, 11/29/2008 - 15:31
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SOME 86.7 MILLION TREES PLANTED IN RI SINCE 2007
Jakarta, Nov. 29 (ANTARA) - Indonesia has planted 86.9 million trees since 2007, exceeding the target set at 79 million as part of the Indonesian Simultaneous Planting Action Program organized throughout Indonesia, according to the forestry ministry.
Meanwhile, a tree planting movement initiated by the Solidarity of Indonesian United Cabinet Ministers' Wives had planted a total of 14.14 million trees of a 10 million target, Forestry Minister MS Kaban said in Cibinong, West Java, on Friday.
Speaking during a launching of the National Planting Day on November 28, at the Limnology center of LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Sciences), he said the government set a target of planting 100 million trees throughout Indonesia.
Some 200 hybrid seedlings would be planted in the complex area of the LIPI scientific research center.
The complex was located in the river basin area of Ciliwung River and tree planting movement was expected to help prevent flooding in Jakarta, the minister said.
Central Java Province has planned to plant 12 million trees and East Java 22 million this year, the minister said.
Meanwhile, West Java Governor Achmad Heryawan said that the provincial government had managed to rehabilitate around 376,000 hectares of arid land since 2003.
In 2003, West Java had a total of 580,000 hectares of arid area, and in 2007 it remained only 194,000 hectares.
Meanwhile, a tree planting movement initiated by the Solidarity of Indonesian United Cabinet Ministers' Wives had planted a total of 14.14 million trees of a 10 million target, Forestry Minister MS Kaban said in Cibinong, West Java, on Friday.
Speaking during a launching of the National Planting Day on November 28, at the Limnology center of LIPI (Indonesian Institute of Sciences), he said the government set a target of planting 100 million trees throughout Indonesia.
Some 200 hybrid seedlings would be planted in the complex area of the LIPI scientific research center.
The complex was located in the river basin area of Ciliwung River and tree planting movement was expected to help prevent flooding in Jakarta, the minister said.
Central Java Province has planned to plant 12 million trees and East Java 22 million this year, the minister said.
Meanwhile, West Java Governor Achmad Heryawan said that the provincial government had managed to rehabilitate around 376,000 hectares of arid land since 2003.
In 2003, West Java had a total of 580,000 hectares of arid area, and in 2007 it remained only 194,000 hectares.
