The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (LHK) this year programmed the planting of 5,000 mangrove seedlings in a number of areas in Papua Province.
There are three districts targeted by the Ministry of Environment and Forestryin cooperation with the Papua Provincial Forest Service. Namely Waropen, Merauke and Jayapura. Meanwhile, the purpose of planting seeds is in order to alleviate poverty in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Mangrove seed planting has become a program from the Ministry of Environment and Forestryfor Papua this year where there are 5,000 seedlings to be planted in three districts. Of course, this planting is to rehabilitate mangrove forests throughout Papua. But this year is limited to three districts," explained Head of Papua Forest Service Yan Yaap Ormuseray, in Jayapura, Monday (1/25/2021).
On that occasion, he asked for the support of all parties in order to succeed the mangrove planting program. Papua's forest rehabilitation program is now an important thing to encourage.
In addition to the Ministry of Environment and Forestryprogram, Ormuseray continued, the Papua Forest Service also has a similar program. However, he is still waiting for the submission of the Budget Implementation List (DPA), to further determine the number of tree seedlings that will be planted.
"In essence, it can be seen how many trees will be planted for forest and land rehabilitation throughout Papua from the Budget Implementation List," he said.
Nevertheless, Ormuseray said that forest rehabilitation efforts are not only the duty of the Ministry of Environment and Forestryand the Forest Service of Papua Province.
However, forest and land rehabilitation is not actually the responsibility of the Local Government only, but there is also BPDASHL Mamberamo which has a more routine duty to conduct forest rehabilitation.