“We have talked about the existence of mangroves to deal with land abrasion, particularly on the north coast of Java,” Hendropriyono said after the meeting.
During the meeting, he shared the government’s plan to plant mangroves in coastal areas vulnerable to abrasion, such as Demak, Central Java.
“We have carried out a pilot project in one of the villages in Demak, and it has been successful. We will continue the planting projects in 33 other provinces as well,” he informed.
The 700 hectares of mangrove planting area in Demak will be continuously monitored by the Environment Ministry for three years.
Through the pilot project, the government expects to increase environmental capacity for dealing with ongoing climate change.
Based on the 2024 National Mangrove Map, Indonesia has 3.5 million hectares of mangrove areas, accounting for 23 percent of the global area under mangroves.
Of the total, 2.7 million hectares are in forest areas and 701 thousand are outside forest areas.
The three largest islands in Indonesia with the most mangroves are in Papua, Kalimantan, and Sumatra.
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