Reduce Kristis Fields, Ganjar Pranowo Invites Planted Tree Residents

Ganjar Pranowo invites the community to plant trees to reduce critical land. (IST)

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo together with the people of Nyemoh Village, Bringin District, Semarang Regency, and school children planted trees on the critical land of the Tuntang river basin (DAS), Saturday, January 28. There are 1,500 tree seedlings planted to save critical land and prevent landslides and flooding in the area.

The tree planting was also carried out simultaneously in Central Java and various regions in Indonesia. In Central Java itself, there are a total of 15,000 tree seedlings planted simultaneously in various regions.

"This is simultaneously throughout Indonesia. The first thing we are ordered by the General Chairperson (PDI Perjuangan), Mrs. Megawati, today the executive, legislative, and party administrators are all planting simultaneously throughout Indonesia. I am in the executive. What is our existing program as an executive function, we encourage. The regional secretary is here from the Regency, Perhutani is present, the TNI-Polri are also present, then a joint movement is carried out with the hope that we will care," said Ganjar Pranowo after planting tree seedlings and dialogue with residents at the Tuntang watershed.

Ganjar explained that the movement to plant tree seedlings simultaneously was a form of how to save critical land, prevent watershed abrasion, river sedimentation, and prevent landslides and floods. Because it is the duty of all elements of society to jointly protect the environment.

"We hope this simultaneousness is a manifestation of our duties. So if all parties care, there are cadres who become executives, who become legislatures, structurally move everything. We already have a program that is already running, we just need to enter it to be planted together. Here ( Nyemoh Village) there are 1500 MPTS trees, here only. In Central Java there are 15,000 tree seedlings," explained Ganjar accompanied by the Head of DLHK Central Java Province Widi Hartanto.

Monitoring at the location, the area around the Tuntang watershed in Nyemoh Village was seen scattered. Even though the water in the river also flows to other areas such as Grobogan Regency, which some time ago a number of villages were flooded. One of the causes of flooding in Grobogan is the overflow of the Tuntang river that passes there and the Lusi river from the direction of Blora.

"So there are critical lands that we must encourage as well as educate, we met (residents) earlier. This is next to the Tuntang river. If it is torn apart here, heavy rains of sedimentation will be beaten there. So earlier (residents) said, Mr. Musala the danger of SD is dangerous because the soil was eroded at the meeting of two river currents," he explained.

For the two-stream meeting area, Ganjar continued, a solution must be found. Therefore, in planting the tree, it also involves the Pusdaru Service, the Environment and Forestry Service, village heads, and representatives of the Semarang Regency Government.

"Well, what is fighting (two-current meetings) like this is how to solve it, so earlier we also invited our Pusdataru Service, there was a village head, we also encouraged the Secretary of State to coordinate. Later, if we can't finish quickly, how can we work together, never mind the TMMD, the soldiers are here ready. We mobilized together but must be guarded, this plant must be treated," he said.

Ganjar Pranowo also explained to residents about the percentage of plants in the forest, highlands, and watersheds. According to the regulations, the percentage has been determined, namely 50 percent must be planted with hard plants, 20 percent MPTS, and 30 percent planted for social forestry.

"So 30 percent is the place, how to plant it we are accompanying it so that the forest is protected, maintained, maintained, and can be conserved continuously and then this land can be used for the people so that people benefit from social forestry," explained Ganjar Pranowo.