Plant 10,000 Trees In The Belitung Forest Area, KLHK Invites Communities To Sustain Bakau Plants

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TANJUNG PANDAN - The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) invites the people of Belitung Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands Province, to preserve mangrove crops, because they have many benefits for nature and life.

"I hope that mangrove plants can be maintained so that they grow and develop well, lest when I return here, many mangroves are lost," said Director of Environmental Partnership of the Directorate General of Social Forestry and Environmental Partnership of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Jo Kumala Dewi, quoted by Antara, Sunday 11 September.

He was present in Belitung in the planting of 10,000 trees in the Seberang Bersatu Social Forest (Hkm) area, Juru Seberang Village, Belitung.

According to him, mangrove plants have a very important meaning in anticipating the impact of climate change today.

"The impact of climate change is very close to Indonesia and has occurred in a number of areas such as California, the US in the form of floods and Australia forest fires," he said.

He invited the community to jointly make efforts to prevent the impact of climate change.

"One of them is to preserve mangrove plants in coastal areas. I believe those present here are those whose souls are united with nature," he said.

He said mitigation measures to the impact of change must continue to be carried out together.

"We will inherit this one Earth to our children and grandchildren later. Let's work together to recover and we will enjoy the results together later," said Jo Kumala Dewi.