Fisheries Ministry builds mangrove nursery in Pasuruan, E Java 2nd February 2021
A mangrove nursery. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has built a mangrove nursery in Pasuruan district, East Java, as part of efforts for preventing coastal abrasion and a labor-intensive program.
“The mangrove nursery program must be able to empower the surrounding community to work in the mangrove nursery, because this program is a labor-intensive program in the context of mitigating the impact of the pandemic,” TB Haeru Rahayu, director general of marine space management at the KKP, said in a press release issued here on Tuesday.
Minister stresses target of rehabilitating mangrove ecosystem in 2021 26th January 2021
Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. Jakarta (ANTARA) - Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan drew attention to this year’s target of the mangrove rehabilitation program spanning a total area of 150,000 hectares (ha). I request that, if possible, we attempt to (rehabilitate) 150,000 ha of critical and tsunami-prone (mangrove areas), he noted in a written statement here on Tuesday.
Pandjaitan highlighted the target while chairing a coordination meeting held to discuss the implementation of accelerated mangrove rehabilitation programs on Monday.
Attendees at the online meeting comprised Minister of Environmental Affairs and Forestry Siti Nurbaya, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Wahyu Trenggono, representatives of the Home Affairs Ministry and the National Development Planning Minis
Vice President Ma'ruf Amin pointed out that an increase in the poverty rate and a wider social gap were among the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic to .
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