Tangerang to plant 189,000 trees

Tangerang to plant 189,000 trees

TANGERANG: The Tangerang regency environmental agency plans to
plant 189,000 trees on 300 hectares of land along the Cisadane
river catchment area in November and December.

"Today, our team begins conducting a survey to study what kind
of trees the people living along the river want, because they
will be involved in managing the green areas," Agency deputy
chief Admat Kosim told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

The people would be given the rights to manage and earn money
from the trees, he said.

Fruit trees like durians, jackfruits, melinjo, duku, mangoes,
and avocados, as well as coconuts and cloves would be planted in
Cisauk, Pagedangan and Serpong districts.

The program is held in conjunction with the National Movement
of Land and Forest Rehabilitation launched by the Ministry of
Forestry recently, in 21 river catchment areas in the country.

The ministry allocated Rp 1.1 billion to Tangerang for
planning, implementing and developing the project. The seeds
would be provided by the Citarum-Ciliwung River Catchment Areas
Management Center in Bogor.--JP