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Jakarta to restore 320 hectares of mangrove forests
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 06/16/2009 12:03 PM | Jakarta
The Jakarta administration plans to restore 320 hectares of mangrove forests along the city's north coastal in a program dubbed “Green Belt Mangrove”, Governor Fauzi Bowo said Tuesday.“[We] have started planting. [We are aiming to have] a total of 320 hectares,” he said at the city hall, as quoted by state news agency Antara.
Fauzi said the restoration of the mangrove forest would involve the city's Maritime Affairs and Agriculture Agency, the Forestry Agency and two private companies.
Meanwhile, Peni Susanti, head of the City Environmental Management Agency (BPLHD), said the agency aimed to plant 3.2 million mangrove trees in three years.
Jakarta has a 44-hectare-wide protected mangrove forest which stretches nearly five kilometers from Muara Angke, Pantai Indah Kapuk to Kamal, North Jakarta. (dre)
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