The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 09/25/2010 11:38 AM
JAKARTA: The North Jakarta administration rallied around 1,750 residents to plant around 5,000 mangrove trees in the Pantai Indah Kapuk area on Friday to prevent coastal erosion.
“Mangrove trees will protect against waves that erode the coastline,” Jakarta Deputy Governor Prijanto said Friday during the tree planting event, as reported by beritajakarta.com.
“It’s hard to do this without support from residents along North Jakarta’s 35-kilometer coastline,” he said.
Prijanto urged residents from other areas on the North Jakarta coastline, such as Ancol, Pluit, Cilincing and Marunda, to follow suit.
“We also urge the residents to take care of these trees,” he said.
North Jakarta Mayor Bambang Sugiyono praised the public efforts to plant the trees. “Two days ago, my office planted 4,000 mangrove trees in Angke Kapuk natural tourism park,” he said. — JP
