President Jokowi Inaugurates Mentawir Nursery in Nusantara Capital

President Jokowi on Tuesday (06/04) inaugurates Mentawir Nursery in North Penajam Paser regency, East Kalimantan province. Photo by: BPMI of Presidential Secretariat/Rusman

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Tuesday (06/04) inaugurated Mentawir Nursery in North Penajam Paser regency, East Kalimantan province.

“I have ordered Minister of the Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya, to build a nursery, as part of green development in the Nusantara Capital, as well as in East Kalimantan and its surrounding areas,” President Jokowi said at the inauguration ceremony of the Mentawir Nursery in North Penajam Paser regency, East Kalimantan province, Tuesday (06/04).

The President said that the nursery will play an important role in forest restoration and reclamation of ex-mining land in Kalimantan [island].

“I am glad that after almost 1.5 years, the Mentawir nursery is completed today. With a capacity of 15 million seeds, we will be able to utilize it in rehabilitating our forests, and in replanting ex-mining areas with fast growing species and other plants,” the President said.

With a production capacity of 15 million seeds, the President said, the Mentawir Nursery is expected to provide various types of plants, including fast-growing species and plants endemic in Kalimantan such as meranti, Borneo camphor, tengkawang, ironwood and bengkirai.

On that occasion, President Jokowi also highlighted the construction of a germplasm center at the Mentawir Nursery which includes a bio bank and seed bank for plants.

For the record, apart from the Mentawir Nursery, the Government has also built a nursery in Rumpin, West Java province, and special Nursery for mangroves in Denpasar, Bali province.

(FID/DNS) (RI/MMB)