Surabaya declares new greening program<\/p>\n
SURABAYA: The Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar is
\nplanning to proclaim a \"One Soul, One Tree\" program in Surabaya
\non Saturday. Surabaya government spokesman, Juli Subianto, said
\non Friday the program was aimed at improving the quality of
\nSurabaya's environment.<\/p>\n
The program was announced to the public after Surabaya mayor
\nBambang DH issued an instruction recently that every person
\napplying for a birth certificate or to become a Surabaya resident
\nwould be obliged to plant one tree before their application would
\nbe accepted. To ensure that people actually planted the tree, he
\nor she has to enclose a letter from their local neighborhood head
\nstating that they had done so.<\/p>\n
Besides the One Soul One Tree Program, the Surabaya city
\ngovernment has planted some 893,000 trees across the city since
\nJanuary this year. Currently, the city has 26,43 hectares of
\ngreen area, while ideally it should have 32,637 hectares. --
\nAntara<\/p>",
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