Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment (Menko Marves) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan invited Elon Musk to contribute to mangrove rehabilitation efforts in Indonesia, starting with attending the groundbreaking of the Mangrove Research Center in Bali.
As is known, Elon Musk came to Bali for the launch of Starlink ( internet network), today, Sunday, May 19.
Luhut took Elon Musk to the launch of the Mangrove Research Center when he met him this morning.
"Another issue that I discussed about mangroves. I said you always talk about rockets and so on, but you should also talk about climate change, one of the issues is mangroves," said Luhut.
He said Indonesia has a mangrove ecosystem rehabilitation program in an area of 600 thousand hectares spread across various regions of the country. Replanting has been carried out on an area of 200 thousand hectares for the first phase with the process still ongoing today.
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Luhut said that Elon Musk said that Tesla also cares about the environment. In response, the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs then invited the SpaceX boss to join the groundbreaking for the construction of the International Mangrove Research Center (IMRC) at the Kura SEZ which will be carried out by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) today.
"I think this is very important in the issue of climate change and we can do a lot together and I am very happy that SEZ is also working closely by facilitating it," said Luhut.
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