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City to replace 500,000 trees
JAKARTA: To avoid trees falling due to hollow branches and feeble roots, the Park Agency will replace around 500,000 trees throughout South and West Jakarta
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JAKARTA: To avoid trees falling due to hollow branches and feeble roots, the Park Agency will replace around 500,000 trees throughout South and West Jakarta.
The agency's head Ery Basworo said Jakarta had around five million trees, with 10 percent of them being Burmese rosewood, locally known as angsana, which have hollow roots and can easily topple.
"Most of them are aged between five and 10 years. We will replace them with mahogany, tamarind and rain trees that have stronger roots," he said.
He explained the administration planted angsana because they grew quickly. At the time, he said, the city wanted to boost the number of trees in the city.
Up to October, the city administration received 40 insurance claims this year over fallen trees. Ery said the insurance payments ranged between Rp 1 million (US$91.53) and Rp 2 million for each case depending on the severity. - JP
