DKI's Distamhut Says Green Corridors Can Become Regional Icons

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The DKI Jakarta Parks and City Forestry Agency (Distamhut) has stated that green corridors, which are elongated green spaces connecting one area to another, can become an icon of a region. “There is a unique icon when in one place, we can easily recognise that this is the Banjir Kanal Barat (BKB) area. In another place, for example, the Sudirman-Thamrin area, it becomes one of the iconic ones,” said the Head of the Green Corridor Division of Distamhut DKI, Muhammad Ali, during a podcast themed “Management and Protection of Trees” in Jakarta on Wednesday. From a benefits perspective, green corridors can prevent flooding while also attracting wildlife, particularly birds, which is currently being pursued by the DKI Provincial Government. Ali stated that green corridors function as green belts, especially in coastal areas to prevent abrasion, and are appropriately placed in pedestrian areas. “Usually, we implement these green corridors along the edges of roads, then along riverbanks, and perhaps also along railway tracks; those can become very potential areas for green corridors because of their elongated form,” he said. Green corridors are one form of open green space (RTH) that continues to be provided in Jakarta. The current extent of RTH in the capital is 3,703.56 hectares or 5.59 per cent, an increase from 2024, which was 3,446 hectares (5.3 per cent). As is known, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government targets expanding RTH to 30 per cent of the total land area by 2045.