President Jokowi Calls for Collaboration and Concrete Action on Green Development
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has invited the Group of 20 member countries to collaborate on green development. Collaboration and cooperation in concrete actions are needed to tackle climate change.
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CYPRIANUS ANTO SAPTOWALYONO
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo with state leaders of the Group of 20 during a visit to the Grand Forest Park in Bali on Wednesday (16/11/2022).
NUSA DUA, KOMPAS – Indonesia has invited the Group of 20 member countries to collaborate and cooperate in concrete actions for green development and an inclusive green economy. The development of the Ngurah Rai Forest Park, also known as Tahura Ngurah Rai, was shown as an example to leaders on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Bali.
“As a country that is home to the largest mangrove forest in the world, with 3.3 million hectares of mangrove forest, Indonesia wants to make contributions to [tackle] climate change,” said President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during a press statement after visiting Tahura with G20 leaders in Bali on Wednesday (16/11/2022).
During this occasion, the President said that Tahura Ngurah Rai was a successful example as 1,300 hectares of mangrove forests were planted, restored and maintained. The location was previously filled with fish ponds and was an abrasive area.
“Now, it is home to 33 species of mangroves, which are also home to more than 300 fauna, such as fish, shrimp, birds, monkeys and snakes. They all can live in the mangrove forest,” said the former Jakarta governor.
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo with state leaders of the Group of 20 during a visit to the Grand Forest Park in Bali on Wednesday (16/11/2022).
President Jokowi explained that this was Indonesia’s concrete action to tackle climate change. “Hence, as I said earlier, Indonesia invites members of G20 countries to collaborate and cooperate in concrete actions for green development and inclusive green economic development,” he said.
Regarding the impressions of the G20 leaders, President Jokowi said that many were surprised by Indonesia’s efforts thus far. “And they said that this was a concrete task because here we have a capacity of 6 million seeds. And that is just one location. I said earlier that we will have 33 locations by next year. Five have been completed, while the rest are still in progress,” he said.
Indonesia invites members of G20 countries to collaborate and cooperate in concrete actions for green development and inclusive green economic development,
President Jokowi added that this was what inspired leaders. “Concrete actions have been done, both in green energy transition and green economy for climate change,” he said.
When visiting the lake, there were also those who asked about solar panels. “Oh, [someone] before asked what this was. I said that it is a floating solar panel, which [in our country] was installed in several lakes and dams about 3 to 4 years ago,” said President Jokowi.
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo with state leaders of the Group of 20 during a visit to the Grand Forest Park in Bali on Wednesday (16/11/2022).
Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko said, at the G20 Media Center in Nusa Dua, Bali on Wednesday, that President Jokowi and the G20 leaders’ visit to Tahura illustrated collaboration in tackling climate change, the impacts of which could threaten global prosperity and development. “Planting mangroves with the heads of state reflects solidarity, cooperation and global collaboration in addressing climate change,” he said.
A press release from the Presidential Staff Office stated that mangrove forests in Indonesia have the highest biodiversity among mangrove forests in other parts of the world. There are at least 92 species of natural mangrove in Indonesia.
In terms of absorption capacity, Indonesia’s mangrove forests are able to absorb up to 3.1 billion tonnes of carbon. “This is equivalent to the gas emissions of 2.5 billion vehicles in a year. It is a very large and meaningful figure for climate change,” said Moeldoko.
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The atmosphere of the mangrove forest in the Kuala Langsa area, Langsa municipality, some time ago. The local administration continues to care for and preserve the forest environment as a counterbalance to nature and a recreation area for the local community.
Data from the World Bank as of July 2021 shows that Indonesia has 3.5 million hectares of mangrove forests. This figure represents 23 percent of the world’s mangrove forest area.
Although it is a large area, Indonesia continues to build Rumpin Nursery centers to produce hundreds of millions of quality ready-to-plant seeds. “These seeds will be planted in degraded land to restore the functionality of the land,” said Moeldoko.
In an effort to restore degraded land, the government has rehabilitated 3 million degraded lands in the 2010-2019 period. Indonesia is also trying to rehabilitate 600,000 hectares of mangrove forests by 2024.
Regarding commitments to one of the priority agendas of the G20 Summit, Indonesia steered the main topic of discussion to energy transition. Indonesia is currently focusing on utilizing new renewable energy, including biofuels, as well as developing clean energy-based industries. “We have also succeeded in developing the electric car ecosystem and in building the largest solar power plant in Indonesia,” said Moeldoko.
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