InfoSAWIT, KOTAWARINGIN BARAT – The damage in the shore lines in Central Kalimantan would be a serious threat for the natural balance in the province. According to the disaster risk study in national scale, the extreme wave from the tropical cyclone would potentially deliver abrasion in some regions, namely in Kotawaringin Barat (Kobar).

Assistant II Kobar Secretariat, Kamaludin that represented Regent in duty of Kobar, emphasized that it would need preventive action more intensively. He said that in the mangrove planting that Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA) conducted in the Village of Sebuai, Kobar last Saturday.

IPOA in cooperation with Coordinator Ministry in Maritime and Investment has initiated the mangrove rehabilitation since 2021. In the third phase, the two successfully planted 55 thousand mangrove seeds in a 20 hectare - area.

Executive Director of IPOA, Mukti Sardjono said that 88 thousand mangrove trees have been successfully planted in 30 hectares around the coast for the past three years with the viability about 90 percent.

"The mangrove rehabilitation program would be part of the commitment of IPOA to conserve the environment sustainably,” he said, as in the official statement to InfoSAWIT, Monday (16/9/2024).

Tohari, Head of Village of Sebuai said that the program would positively deliver impacts significantly, not only hold on the abrasion effectively but also would create new ecosystem for sea life. “Mangrove rehabilitation program would be the real thing to prevent abrasion because of the climate change,” he said.

Tohari continued that mangrove conservation areas would maintain the coast ecosystem sustainably and deliver new economic advantages for the local to get new sources of income.

By the sustainable rehabilitation, it is hoped there would be awareness that it would be significant to conserve mangrove and coast abrasion management would get escalated in the province. (T2)