Surabaya to plant 10,000 mangrove trees in eastern coastal area

Surabaya, East Java (ANTARA News) - Surabaya`s Rungkut Environmental Forum (FPLR) is planning to plant 10,000 mangrove trees in 5,000 square meters of deforested mangrove forest located in eastern coastal area of Surabaya next Sunday.

"We buy the plants at our own expense and the seedlings are the selected ones," head of the Rungkut sub district Irvan Widyanto said on Tuesday.

He said the sub district would also invite the local office of the fishery, forestry and animal husbandry, PT Surabaya Industrial Estate of Rungkut as well as a private cigarette company PT HM Sampoerna Tbk to make the project a success.

He expressed his hope that the project would be a model for other regions to launch a similar action.