Very many species of plants in peat land in Kalimantan, which fibers can be used for treatment of various diseases. So it preservation must be done,Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (AntaranewsKalsel) - Professor of University of Negeri Malang (UNM) Prof Dr Mohamad Amin said the wetlands of which peatlands in Kalimantan storing herbs has great potential for medicine.
"Very many species of plants in peat land in Kalimantan, which fibers can be used for treatment of various diseases. So it preservation must be done," said the UNM biological science professor in Banjarmasin, Saturday.
Prof Dr Mohamad Amin as guest speaker at the seminar along with two other professors, the former Minister for Research and Technology (Menristek), Prof Dr Gusti Muhammad Hatta from the University of Lambung Mangkurat (ULM) Banjarmasin and Prof Dr Hadi S Alikodra of Bogor Agricultural University (IPB).
The seminar themed "potential, opportunities and challenges in a sustainable wetland management", which took place in the hall of Aria Barito Hotel.
Mohamad Amin said the current peatland in Kalimantan keep narrowing by the development of their use, both for oil palm plantations, mines, and settlements.
"Automatically the life and vegetation of peatlands damaged, because of the poor management will destroy them," he explained.
In fact, he said, there are plants and animals in the peatlands that you can not live in another area. They actually have enormous benefits for human life, such as plants that holds the potential of panacea for the disease.
"My students has recently conducted research of plant species of ferns in Kalimantan, which potential as an anti-bacterial for diarrheal disease. It's just one of its kind, the real they are many more," said Mohamad Amin.
Pity, he said, if the potential of the plant useful for public health here extinct just for no good wetland management, while it is quite extensive in this area, particularly in South, Central, and West Kalimantan.
He revealed that Indonesia is the owner of the third largest wetland in the world after Brazil and Colombia. The country is tropical, tropical rain and maritime, its wetland is about 30 million hectares.
Prof Dr Gusti Muhammad Hatta added, in addition to the potential benefits of wetland in nature and life to the community's economy, it could also be retaining the occurrence of natural disasters, such as flooding and even tsunamis.
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