Jointly held by the Bogor Forest Development and Research Center at the Environment and Forestry Ministry’s (KLHK) Forestry and Innovation Research and Development Agency and bottled-drinking water PT Aqua Golden Mississippi Citeureup Bogor, the program aimed to develop urban forests. It also aimed to spread awareness among company owners in the industrial zone to be more willing to provide plots of land for green spaces.

The school students planted 150 trees, which comprised 12 species, on idle land belonging to Aqua Golden Mississippi. They included rare tree species, such as shorea or locally known as meranti, breadfruit or citeureup, Koompassia excels or tualang, and Vatica pauciflora or resak. Cicadas water lover community members and local leaders also joined in the event.

Housing 164 companies, the Cicadas industrial zone also encompasses residential areas.

KLHK conservation researcher Hendra Gunawan said there should be awareness from local leaders, company owners and all residents on the importance of being active in carrying out tree-planting activities as the Cicadas industrial zone was a highly-populated area, which had high pollution levels.

“One person needs two trees to produce oxygen needed for his or her entire life. It’s important to plant trees both in residential areas and industrial zones,” said Hendra on Friday.

Aqua Golden Mississippi planning director Tatang Sondana said his company allocated a 0.77-hectare area inside its factory complex as a green space. (ebf)

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