Deputy for Environmental Management and Sustainable Natural Resources, Sigit Reliantoro, in a statement confirmed here on Wednesday, noted that an example of regions' commitment to mangrove conservation is the 7th East Java Mangrove Festival in Probolinggo, East Java, on Tuesday.
He noted that the event, which featured the planting of 17,845 mangrove propagules, was a symbol of collaboration in maintaining the balance of coastal ecosystems.
The Ministry of Environment also lauded the East Java Provincial Government and East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa for their contribution to the management of mangroves.
"We hope Mrs. Parawansa can become a pioneer together with the Ministry of Environment in implementing Government Regulation Number 27 of 2025 on the Protection and Management of Mangrove Ecosystems," he said at Tuesday's event.
On the same occasion, Governor Parawansa highlighted East Java's commitment to protecting and managing mangroves, which are essential for the environment and the local communities.
According to the 2024 National Mangrove Map, Indonesia has 3,440,464 hectares of mangroves. East Java is home to 30,839.3 hectares of mangroves, or 48.38 percent of the total mangrove area on Java Island.
In East Java's Bahak Beach area, there are eight species of mangroves with a carbon stock of 432-609 tons per hectare, making it a natural blue carbon laboratory with great potential to support the national climate agenda.
However, there are several threats to the mangrove ecosystems in the province, such as coastal abrasion in Lamongan and Tuban, urbanization in Surabaya, and plastic pollution.
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Translator: Prisca Triferna, Raka Adji
Editor: Azis Kurmala
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