A Total Of 1,314 People Involved In The Recovery Of The Mount Halimun Salak Ecosystem

Mount Halimun Salak (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - A total of 1.314 people who are members of 15 forest farmer groups (KTH) are allowed to manage 1,021.83 hectares of land in the Halimun Salak National Park (TN) area. The partnership between local residents in the Bogor and Sukabumi border areas was initiated by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in the hope that the joint management could minimize the addition and recovery of forest ecosystems. Secretary General of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Bambang Hendroyono in his statement explained, this signing was carried out together with 1.314 people from 15 KTH. "They have carried out cultivation or cultivation activities in the form of Palawija fields, vegetables and plants throughout the same season in the 1,021.83 hectare land in the TN region," he said, Saturday, April 8. He explained, Balai TN

He said, through this Conservation Partnership scheme, the community will plant the original TN type tree with certain planting distances combined with the types of productive trees/plants. "The goal is that there will be an improvement in the quality of the forest ecosystem while still paying attention to improving the social and economic standards of the surrounding community," he said.