President: IKN Returns The Tropical Forest Of Kalimantan

President Jokowi watered a tree planted in the Tropical Forest Residential area located in Glamping, Nusantara City, Wednesday (20/12/2023) (ANTARA/Nyaman Bagus Purwaniawan)

JAKARTA - The capital city of Indonesia's new country, Nusantara, which was built in parts of North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan, will restore the tropical forest of Kalimantan.

"The concept of building the city of Nusantara is committed to restoring the glory of the tropical forest of Kalimantan," said President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in Penajam, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, December 20.

The celebration of the tropical forest of Kalimantan will be realized, explained the President, through the construction of the capital city of Indonesia's future country in the East Kalimantan region.

This affirmation was conveyed by President Jokowi while planting trees in the Tropical Forest Residential Miniature located in Glamping, Nusantara City, in Sepaku District, North Penajam Paser Regency.

The commitment of the City of Nusantara, according to the President, divides three trees into reforestation and aesthetic concepts, as well as to green the region into tropical forests.

After reforestation in the area of the capital city of Indonesia's future country is completed, he continued, tree growers will expand outside the Nusantara City area.

"The president instructed 70 percent of the capital areas of Indonesia's new country to be forest areas," said Minister of Environment and Forestry (LHK) Siti Nurbaya Bakar.

Around 54 thousand hectares of the Nusantara City area must be greened, out of the total area of the capital city of Indonesia's new country of approximately 256,000 hectares.

The capital city of Indonesia's future country will be returned to a green zone or tropical forest, so that the forests of the city of Nusantara have the potential to absorb carbon.

Gradually planting trees will be carried out in the capital area of Indonesia's new country, and the planting of trees this time is the fourth year of planting trees in the Nusantara City area.

"We are optimistic that the city of forests in 2045 will be realized. The capital city of a new country is not only hope for change for Indonesia, but also for the world," said Siti Nurbaya.