JAKARTA - The Nusantara Capital Authority (IKN) said the target for protected areas in the IKN area, which was built in parts of Penajam Paser Utara Regency and Kutai Kartanegara Regency, East Kalimantan Province, was approximately 164,000 hectares.
"The construction of IKN is in accordance with the mandate of the law, 75 percent of green space," said Special Staff to the Head of the IKN Office of Public Safety and Security, Inspector General Edgar Diponegoro, as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, February 21.
"As much as 75 percent of it, 65 percent of protected areas and 10 percent of food security areas," he continued.
It is recorded that the area of the new capital of Indonesia is approximately 324,332 hectares, consisting of land of approximately 256,142 hectares and sea waters of around 68,189 hectares, with the area of the IKN Central Government Core Area (KIPP) of approximately 6,671 hectares.
"The area of the new protected area is around 30,000 hectares, the target is to reach around 164,000 hectares," he explained.
Then based on data from cooperation with the Asian Development Bank (ADB), continued the Director of Development for the Utilization of Forestry and Water Resources of the IKN Authority, Onesimus Patiung, about 124 thousand hectares of land in the IKN area are considered critical and require rehabilitation.
Damage to land from former mines is a problem because the topsoil is often not saved, so it has the potential to trigger heavy metal pollution and long-term environmental damage.
A number of efforts have been made to achieve the target of 64 percent of protected herds, with a tree planting program every two weeks carried out by IKN Authority employees, as well as cross-sectoral collaboration, including companies and communities.
"The concept of developing the tropical rainforest of Kalimantan will still be prioritized, not homogeneous forests and the composition of plants will be regulated," he said.
The production of seedlings from the Modern Nursery (Nursery Center) Mentawir in Mentawir Village, Sepaku District, North Penajam Paser Regency, reaches 15 million seedlings per year.
"The average planting estimate is 650 trees per hectare, the rehabilitation of critical land can be achieved around 23,000 hectares per year," said Onesimus Patiung.
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