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Kadin supports mangrove planting to mitigate climate change
A mangrove planting event was held in Indramayu as a prelimimary event for the Indonesia Sustainability Forum later this year.
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Participants plant mangroves on Aug. 17, 2024, during an event organized by the Indonesian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) in cooperation with various companies and organizations in Indramayu regency, West Java. Mangroves are considered a nature-based solution to combat climate change. (Courtesy of Kadin/-)
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he Indonesian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) took part in a mangrove planting session on Saturday held by various companies and organizations in Indramayu regency, West Java.
The Take Environmental Regenerative Action (TERA) event was organized by PT Arunika Bumi Lestari (ABL), Earth Security, Carbon Ethics and Earth Pledge in Pabean Ilir village in Indramayu regency, West Java, in conjunction with Indonesia’s 79th Independence Day.
There were 14 participants in the collaborative event themed “Planting 1 Million Mangrove Seedlings to Save the Earth”.
The event also served as a prelude to the Indonesia Sustainability Forum (ISF), which is planned for later this year, Kadin Committee for Planning & Evaluation of Watershed, Protected Forest and Mangroves deputy head Chintya Dian Astuti said in a media statement on Saturday.
“The ISF will be the largest sustainability conference in Indonesia, [and maybe] even in the world,” she said.
“The event will field policymakers, experts and investors from all over the world to build partnerships in sustainability to accelerate the growth of the world’s green economy.”
Meanwhile, TERA is a multiparty platform and collaborative action to conserve and manage mangrove ecosystems in a sustainable way in Indonesia.
Chintya said the mangrove-planting event was held because mangroves have potential as a nature-based mitigation action against climate change.
She cited 2021 Environment and Forestry Ministry data, saying that Indonesia has the largest and most productive mangrove forests in the world, at around 3.36 million hectares or about 20 percent from the world’s mangrove forests.
The collective action plan on mangrove planting was initiated as planned by Kadin in the proposed intervention area in Indramayu and will be continued in other regions.
Education on the importance of mangrove rehabilitation and restoration will be held for all stakeholders.
“PT ABL in cooperation with Earth Security, Carbon Ethics and Earth Pledge, invites all parties to contribute and collaborate with Kadin,” Chintya said.
Mangrove planting can be carried out easily with significant impacts on the sustainability and recovery of the ecosystem and the environment, she added.
Chintya emphasized that TERA did not only involve planting but will also gradually allow the integration of mangrove ecosystem management at the village level up to the national level.
“This will ensure that the protection and management of mangrove ecosystems can be done in a synergistic and collaborative way through good community development,” Chintya said.
