Mangrove for fishponds

Mangrove for fishponds

PALANGKARAYA, Central Kalimantan: The provincial government is
offering 70,240 hectares of mangroves to investors for brackish
fishponds.

The local government's offer came after the State Minister of
Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja lamented the rapid loss of
mangroves nationwide.

Chief of the local chapter of fishery office Djunaidi said
Saturday that the mangroves were located in East and West
Kotawaringin district as well as in Kapuas.

He said part of the mangrove areas had been concessioned to
local investors but few of those had actually begun their
projects, Antara reported. (pan)