Indonesian Mangrove Cover Increases

Madrid: Director of Environment and Disaster Management of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs Sahat M. Panggabean stated Indonesia’s mangrove forest cover grew to 3.56 million hectares in 2019.
 
"Mangrove forests in Indonesia currently cover a total area equivalent to 59 times of Madrid City," Panggabean remarked here on Tuesday, December 10, 2019. 
 
He talked about the issue during a panel session on acceleration of mangrove rehabilitation in Indonesia on the sidelines of the Conference of the Parties (COP) 25 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).  Panggabean stressed on the importance of partnership among stakeholders, including the government, academicians, local people, businesspersons, NGOs, and the Indonesian Navy as the key to mangrove restoration. 

He noted that Indonesia had made steady, focused efforts to improve mangrove management through the development of maritime and coastal planning throughout the country. He added that the government had also declared some areas as maritime conservation areas.
 
A senior officer of the Indonesian Navy Colonel Arif Badrudin affirmed the navy’s strong commitment to supporting mangrove restoration in Indonesia. Indonesia is one of the nations in the world having the largest area of mangrove forests, with one-fourth of the world's mangrove forests being found in the country.
 
"In 2019, during the Indonesian Navy's 74th anniversary commemoration, we have planted 300,074 mangrove trees across Indonesia," the Navy official stated.
 
Environment and Forestry Affairs Minister Siti Nurbaya noted that mangrove forests are capable of storing five-folds more greenhouse gases than inland forests. As part of its commitment to mangrove preservation, Indonesia has sponsored the issuance of resolution on mangrove preservation during the 4th meeting of the UN Environment Agency (UNEA) in Nairobi, Kenya, in mid-2019.
 
"Indonesia is also encouraging the development of a world mangrove center," the minister pointed out. (Antara)
 
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