Gagas Giant Mangrove Wall In Jakarta, Pramono Will Give Honor To Fishermen Participating In Planting

The Governor of Jakarta was elected to the 2024 Pilkada, Pramono Anung. (Diah-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Governor of Jakarta elected for the 2024 Pilkada, Pramono Anung plans to build mangrove wall giants along the north coast of Jakarta.

City planning expert who is also a member of the Pramono-Rano transition team, Nirwono Joga said, this program will involve fishermen to participate in planting mangrove trees.

"The fishermen, local residents who were immediately affected, were responsible for planting, maintaining, caring for, and even being given honorariums," Nirwono told reporters, Wednesday, January 22.

The mangrove trees that will begin to grow when Pramono-Rano leads Jakarta in the next five years, continued Nirwono, will also benefit fishermen and local residents.

"Why? Because at the time the mangroves are big and so on, who will benefit? Instead, they will harvest later. There are fish, crabs, shrimp, shells, and so on, which are actually in mangroves," said Nirwono.

On the one hand, Nirwono said that the giant mangrove wall is not a program that competes with the Giant Sea Wall project or the central government's sea embankment.

"This is not to compare with the central program with Giant Sea Wall. However, this is to strengthen. If the government continues to continue Giant Sea Wall, the DKI Regional Government will perform mangrove wall games," he said.

Later, mangrove planting in this program also does not have to be along the coast in Jakarta. This is because some areas such as port traffic areas cannot be planted with mangroves.

"One year, just one kilo, it's greened with a mass mangrove planting program. So for five years it can be five kilos, for example, yes, it's been amazing," he explained.