Diversity forest project launched

Diversity forest project launched

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri launched on Friday
morning a megadiversity forest project in Carita district,
Pandeglang, Banten province.

The 7,000-hectare forest will be planted with seedlings of
various Indonesian tree species threaten with extinction due to
destruction of the country's forests.

A forest expert from Gadjah Mada University, Sukoetjo, said
the site could also serve as an environmental buffer for Jakarta
as well as a recreational site for Jakartans.

The President was accompanied by Minister of Research and
Technology Hatta Radjasa. -- Antara