President Jokowi Invites WWF Delegation To Review Bakau Orbiting In Bali

DENPASAR - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) invited the delegates of the 10th World Water Forum High Level Conference (KTT WWF) to review mangrove nurseries at Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura), in Bali.

Reported by ANTARA, Monday, May 20, the President led the delegation to review and plant mangroves in Tahura Ngurah Rai, which is a nature reserve for more than 1,300 hectares of mangrove forests that thrive.

The activity guide through loudspeakers said that this activity is also proof of Indonesia's commitment to sustainable environmental conservation and management.

"The purpose of today's visit is to explore the essence of this extraordinary conservation area. Heaven for biodiversity, living laboratories for conservation education and ecotourism," he said.

President Jokowi invited delegates to enter the mangrove plant area located along the estuary supported by electricity technology with solar power plants.

The facility is equipped with a solar panel area that functions as a power plant base in various mangrove conservation areas.

The existence of solar panels in Tahura Ngurah Rai was adopted from the Cirata solar panel project, which is a joint project between Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates, launched in West Java Province some time ago.

Furthermore, the President took the group into the Mangrove nursery area which was designed with modern technology.

The place stands as the only modern mangrove nursery in Indonesia consisting of a sub-district house and production house.

The area presents various water installation innovations that allow plant seeds to thrive without relying on Indonesia's climate change.

The sub-district house is specially designed with automatic watering facilities. This environment is a control to ensure optimal conditions for complicated growth and development stages.

The peak of this activity was when President Jokowi and his entourage received mangrove seeds from a group of students aged children.

President Jokowi also demonstrated the mangrove planting process in front of the delegates as a collective responsibility to maintain and protect the mangrove ecosystem.

The WWF Summit is an international forum for the water sector that involves various world stakeholders. This event was held by the World Water Council or the World Water Council.

The forum was attended by a number of state leaders and delegates including President of Tajakistan Qohir Saulzoda, Meike Van Ginneken as envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, World Water Counsil Loic Fuchon, UN General Assembly Dennis Francis, Deputy Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Sri Haji Fadillah, and Minister of Energy and Industry of the United Arab Emirates Suhai Mohamed Al Mazrouei.

Also present were Papua New Guinea Deputy PM Jhon Rosso, French special envoy Barbara Pompili, Hungry Janos Ader, Srilanka Ranil Wickremesinghe, Fiji President Ratu Wiliame Maivalili Kantonivre, Chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives Puan Maharani, and PM Morocco Aziz Afannouch.