Govt to regreen barren land

Govt to regreen barren land

PONOROGO, East Java: The administration will regreen 21,000 ha
of barren land in Ponorogo under a regreening program to be
launched by the forestry ministry at the end of this month,
Antara reported.

Budi Warsito, a local spokesman, said here Friday the
regreening program included the planting of one million Merak
teak trees (Gamelina gradis) in the districts of Salung, Pulung
and Badegan.

The project is expected to restore the environment of the area
which has in the past been confronted with draught during dry
seasons and landslides during rainy seasons.

Up to now, about three million Merak teak trees have been made
available for the regreening project. (swe)