Indonesia aims to plant 79 million trees

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104AP_Indonesia_Deforestation.html?source=rss

AKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia, which is losing its forests faster than any other country, hopes to plant 79 million trees in a single day ahead of a major U.N. climate change meeting this year, a forestry ministry spokesman said Friday.

The trees, mostly eucalyptus and teak, will be planted across the world's fourth-largest nation on Nov. 28, said the spokesman Masyhud, who uses one name.

"We aim to get Indonesia greener as soon as we can and reduce forest degradation as much as possible," he said.

A Greenpeace forest activist, Hapsoro, said the planting of trees was admirable, but was almost pointless in the face of Indonesia's rapid deforestation.

"Planting new trees is good, but Greenpeace stays firm in calling on the government to temporarily stop all logging to allow forest re-growth," he said.
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[Gato Moteado]

1. why would they plant eucalyptus?

i don't know if there are any native eucs in indonesia, and if they're not native they should not plant them. what they need to plant are native rainforest trees from the area.

[Gato Moteado]

2. ok....i just checked and there are native eucs in indonesia

nt

[Javaman]

3. I wonder if they are also going to plant Orangatangs...nt