President Jokowi Plants Trees With The Community In Simangulampe Village

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) planted macadamia nuts with the community in Simangulampe Village, Bakti Raja District, Humbang Hasundutan Regency, North Sumatra, Thursday, February 3. The Head of State planted macadamia nuts, which are a type of non-timber forest product. The Director General (Dirjen) of Watershed Management for Forest Rehabilitation (PDASRH) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) Dyah Murtiningsih said that the tree planting activity this time was carried out in an area of 10 hectares using soil and water conservation techniques, and agroforestry. Look here the soil is in steep conditions, so we need to carry out soil and water conservation activities in the form of terracing," said Dyah in a written statement received in Jakarta. good, including preventing erosion."Masya People can also take advantage of plant products from forest rehabilitation because we plant non-timber forest products that can be used for fruit or other products," said Dyah. hopes that this tree planting activity can provide benefits for the surrounding community, ranging from increasing welfare to avoiding flood disasters. So if trees are planted in the mountains, our area will be cooler, avoiding disasters, especially floods," he said. Environmental activist from Simalungun, Togu Simorangkir, hopes that the tree planting activity has a long-term follow-up, but also care so that it can provide benefits. benefits." So planting and caring for trees should be the program, not just planting trees. We make sure the trees we plant are alive," he said. To ensure tree care, the Head of the Asahan Watershed and Protected Forest Management Center (BPDASHL) Barumun Dwi Januanto Nugroho stated that his party had collaborated with local communities and farmer groups to carry out maintenance for the next three years. "From the initial planning phase, from the initial phase before we carried out the technical input, we have communicated with the community in this case the farmer groups and the nature of the cooperation is three years," said Dwi. In the tree planting activity, a number of Ministers also attended to accompany the President, namely Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya. Then, Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno, Governor of North Sumatra Edy Rahmayadi and Humbang Regent Hasundutan Dosmar Banjarnahor.