Military to regreen Kalimantan

Military to regreen Kalimantan

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: In observance of the Indonesian
Military's 56th anniversary, Tanjungpura Military Command, which
oversees Kalimantan will launch a one-million-tree environmental
program to regreen deforested areas of the province.

Maj. Gen. Hadi Waluyo, chief of the military command, said
here on Thursday that the launching of the regreening program
would be marked with the planting of 35,000 durian and rambutan
trees in the village of Bengkuring, near the city, on Friday.

He said the local military would give priority to the
regreening program in areas that were close to residential areas
because a similar program in remote deforested areas had already
been entrusted to companies holding forest concessionaires.

He said the local military were carrying out the regreening
program to show its commitment to preserving the environment in
the region. --Antara