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        "msgid": "selvi-gibran-marks-national-childrens-day-with-marine-conservation-in-bintan-1784825591",
        "date": "2026-07-23 22:49:10",
        "title": "Selvi Gibran Marks National Children's Day with Marine Conservation in Bintan",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Environment",
        "summary": "Selvi Gibran Rakabuming, wife of the Indonesian Vice President, led a marine conservation initiative in Bintan, Riau Islands, to commemorate National Children's Day 2026. The event featured coral transplantation, seagrass planting, and the release of hawksbill turtle hatchlings. She also symbolically handed over aid including fish farming equipment, internet devices for schools, and fishing gear to support local coastal communities.",
        "content": "<p>\u201cThrough this marine conservation activity, it is hoped that\nIndonesian children will increasingly preserve the maritime environment\nin their respective regions,\u201d said Selvi at the event venue on Dugong\nBeach, Trikora, Bintan, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The series of activities began with coral transplantation as an\neffort to rehabilitate coral reef areas damaged by human activity and\nclimate change.<\/p>\n<p>The transplantation used the Spider Web method, placing coral\nseedling fragments on transplantation frames which were then lowered to\nthe seabed at a depth of around five metres. The coral species planted\ncame from the genera Acropora and Pocillopora.<\/p>\n<p>This was followed by seagrass planting as part of coastal ecosystem\nrestoration. Seagrass plays an important role as habitat and a food\nsource for various marine biota, filtering water, holding back coastal\nerosion, and absorbing blue carbon, which contributes to climate change\nmitigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hand this over to you. Thank you for caring about our seas,\u201d said\nSelvi as she symbolically handed over to the Ksatria Lamun Community,\nwhich took part in the activity.<\/p>\n<p>It did not stop there; the Vice President\u2019s wife and her delegation\nalso released hawksbill turtle hatchlings into their natural habitat,\naiming to increase the turtles\u2019 chances of survival in the wild whilst\nmaintaining the balance of the marine ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the conservation action, Selvi Gibran also symbolically handed\nover various forms of assistance to local communities and educational\ninstitutions in Bintan, namely one floating net cage (KJA) unit to the\nMarine Agri Sejahtera Cooperative.<\/p>\n<p>Next, 3,000 white snapper fingerlings to the Tanjung Darat Mandiri\nfish farming group, and 20 packages of fishing traps (bubu) to the Bawal\nPutih Fishermen Group.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, assistance was also provided in the form of six Starlink\ninternet devices for SDN 004 Bintan, SDN 008 Bintan, SMPN 20 Bintan, SDN\n005 Teluk Sebong, SMPN 22 Mapur, and SDN 009 Teluk Sebong, to support\nequal internet access and digital learning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is hoped that the various forms of assistance distributed can\nstrengthen the fisheries sector, improve the welfare of coastal\ncommunities, and support the improvement of education quality in\nBintan,\u201d said Selvi.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/selvi-gibran-marks-national-childrens-day-with-marine-conservation-in-bintan-1784825591",
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