Indonesia: Bali Reforestation efforts underway
Bali’s land covered 563,666 hectares, of which 22.6 percent consisted
of forested land, including 55,313 hectares of arid land. “The land
in a critical condition and needs serious handling to prevent floods,
landslides and other natural disasters,” he said. The Bali Forestry
Office provided 2.1 million trees in 2008 as an effort to support an
ongoing reforestation program.
Since the beginning of the rainy season
in November and December 2008 the seedlings were planted in various
places in Bali involving the local population, government and other
sides. The effort was also to support the national movement of forest
and land rehabilitation in Bali as well as to lower global warming.
The movement which was launched in 2004, had successfully revitalized
28,520 hectares arid land inn and outside of the forested land.In
this way, only 26,793 hectares of arid land were left for cultivation
in the coming years.
http://balita.ph/2008/12/18/bali-revitalizes-forests-in-facing-impact-of-climate-change/
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