Tahura Ngurah Rai Is Ready To Be Visited By Delegates Of The G20 Bali Summit

President Joko Widodo and his entourage inspect the mangrove forest at the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park, Badung Regency, Bali on Friday (10/8/2021). ANTARA/HO-Secretpres Press Bureau/Laily Rachev/am.

DENPASAR - Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry Alue Dohong said Tahura Ngurah Rai was ready to be visited by delegates of the 2022 G-20 Summit which will take place in Bali.

"The government and all communities are ready to welcome and provide facilities and infrastructure for the activities of the G-20 Summit which will be held in the Nusa Dua area, Bali in 2022. This includes the Ngurah Rai Grand Forest Park (Tahura) which will be visited by the delegation of the G-20 Summit, " said Deputy Minister (Wamen) of Environment and Forestry Alue Dohong on the sidelines of the initial launch of the social interaction application "Borneopedia" in Kuta, Bali, quoted by Antara, Thursday, December 2.

Deputy Minister Alue Dohong said that the mangrove forest in Ngurah Rai Tahura continues to be repaired and maintained.

"Currently, the central and regional governments have been slowly cleaning and maintaining the Tahura. Actually, steps to preserve mangrove forests have been around for a long time. Because mangroves are one of the largest carbon sinks in the world," said Deputy Minister Alue Dohong, who is also a community leader. This Kalimantan.

According to Alue Dohong, the existence of mangrove forests must be preserved and kept clean. Because so far the downstream forest has been used to accommodate garbage. Even plastic waste that accumulates is one of the causes of environmental pollution and disrupts the growth of the mangrove forest.

"I believe that to maintain the cleanliness and maintenance of the Tahura carried out together, both the government and the community, then the forest must be sustainable," he continued.

Badung Regent Nyoman Giri Prasta said the same thing, the existence of Tahura Ngurah Rai has been carried out on a continuous basis by the local community and government for cleaning and cleaning.

"We have carried out a mangrove forest conservation movement. Mangrove planting has been carried out routinely, so that the forest remains sustainable," he said.