Planting Trees in Indonesia

A couple of years ago, there was lack of awareness on the importance of planting trees. In Jakarta, you can hardly see trees on the pedestrian walkways; and there is a total lack of greenery and parks in the city. Recently I can see the sense of change in the attitudes of the government towards the importance of having more greenery.


Recently the First lady of Indonesia of lead the way towards the campaign of tree planting. She was quoted - "In the future, the number of trees in Indonesia should increase as rapidly as its population. " She encourage parents to plant a tree for every child that is born. Now that is a wonderful thing to do. The Governor of Jakarta has also embarked on a green plan of planting more trees and the creation of parks in the city. The creation of parks in Jakarta will definitely be welcome by the people staying in the city. Right now, you get to see lots of shopping malls, hotels and tall offices but you can hardly find any parks.


In Balikpapan, Aceh and Bandung the local governments have make it compulsory for young couples to plant a tree before they can get married. Is that to extreme? I don't think so. Because planting trees is not an expensive thing to do and it reinforce the principle of caring for the environment.Young people in Indonesia should be taught on the importance of trees. Trees is an essential component to our environment, it adds value and beautify the landscape. It provide us with shade and cleans up the air. Trees also acts as a effective sound barrier and is the best solution towards the fight against soil erosion.

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