Kotabaru, South Kalimantan (ANTARA) - Mubadala Energy Indonesia initiated the planting of 400 seeds of endemic plant of Kalimantan at the Bukit Mamake tourist attraction, Kotabaru District, South Kalimantan.
Fahmi Riansyah, a representative of the Mubadala Energy Indonesia management, said the planting action was part of commemorating National Nature Conservation Day (HKAN) and as Mubadala's concern for greening, especially around the attraction which is projected as a fruit center by the local government.
"There are 14 types of plants that we plant symbolically, 90 percent are fruit seeds and 10 percent are forest plants," said Fahmi accompanied by Mubadala's Media Relations and Communications Coordinator Camelia Martini in Kotabaru, Thursday.
Among those planted were siamese Banjar orange, ironwood and agarwood seeds, as well as six types of durian, including lahung (Durio dulcis) seeds, durio kutejensis (Lay), durio zibethinus (Bamban Birin), durio Excelsus (mantuala batu hayam), durio zibethinus (Si Kolam), dan Durio Zibethinus var (Musang King).
At the same area, the seeds of bumbunau (Aglaia laxiflora) and Mangifera casturi (mangga kasturi) were also planted.
Other species that will be planted are seeds of blood starfruit, forest longan (Babuku) and garcinia dulcis_mundu (mundu).
These native plants of Kalimantan are becoming rare and threatening with extinction. The planting involved groups of farmers (Gapoktan) of Hutan Mutiara Sarang Tiung and the Sebuku Forest Management Unit (KPH Sebuku).
The Kotabaru Administration's Assistant I for Government and People Welfare Minggu Basuki on behalf of the district government welcomed and appreciated Mubadala Energy and SKK Migas in their effort to preserve the endemic plants of Kalimantan.
"Hopefully the endemic forest plants of Kalimantan that we plant together today will help improving the environmental function," he said.
Basuki said that Mubadala Energy had provided real support for the program of environmental development through planting Kalimantan endemic plants at the Mamake Hill.
This acitivity was to increase public awareness regarding climate change, creating a village that is clean, green, and free from environmental pollution as well as to reduce risk of disaster.
"On behalf of the regional government we highly appreciate the program that was launched in line with the Kotabaru tourism development," he said.
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