"Thousands of the trees Garuda has planted at Gunung Padang forest area are made up of various kinds including mahogany and meranti," Garuda Padang branch general manager Dedi Irawan said here on Sunday.
He said the tree planting activity by Garuda Indonesia was conducted because most of Gunung Padang area has been deforested.
"If reforestation is not done immediately at Gunung Padang forest area, it will would have a bad impact on the people living nearby," Dedi Irawan said.
According to him, sustainable reforestation at critical land through the government projects and public participation was one way to prevent any future natural disasters such as floods.
"The tree planting activity to help prevent erosion and restore critical land because of illegal logging is part of Garuda Indonesia`s concern for environmental damage," Dedi Irawan said.
"Forest is a buffer for the life of surrounding communities, and therefore Garuda Indonesia is very concerned about the destruction of forests due to illegal logging," he added.
Dedi said the tree planting activity at Gunung Padang forest area by Garuda was in cooperation with Padang city administration to restore forest sustainability.
He added that Garuda started environmental care program of "One Passenger One Tree in 2007 as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR Garuda Indonesia).
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