Banjarmasin, S Kalimatan (ANTARA) - University of Lambung Mangkurat (ULM) is building cross sector collaboration in an effort to manage mangroves or mangrove forest sustainably so they can provide prosperity for the community, in addition to maintaining natural ecosystem.
"Today we realize the collaboration by holding focus group discussion (FGD) proposing mangrove management policies through cross sector collaboration and community participation," said ULM Deputy Rector I for Academics Affairs Iwan Aflanie here, Monday (May 13, 2024).
Iwan, who represented ULM Rector Professor Ahmad Alim Bachri, said that mangroves are a wetland ecosystem that is very important for many habitats, including human life in coastal areas.
He expected that ULM academics continue to produce the best research with the aim to develop environmentally friendly. This is in line with ULM's vision as superior and leading university and competitive in wetland environment.
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Head of ULM Supporting Academic (UPA) for Wetland Environment Maya Amalia expounded that the FGD which was held for three days at Fugo Hotel Banjarmasin involved central agencies, such as the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK), South Kalimantan Environment Agency (DLH), South Kalimantan Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Office (DKP) and the Indonesian Peat and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM).
Then dozens of academics from ULM and a number of universities in South Kalimantan, including representative of people of Pulau Laut Tanjung Selayar Sub-district, Kotabaru Regency, which is the location of mangrove managed by ULM in the future.
"The results of this FGD in the form of academic manuscript will be handed over to the Provincial Government of South Kalimantan to support policies related to mangrove," she explained.
It is known that ULM has received approval from KLHK to manage 621 hectares of mangrove in Kotabaru.
Areas that are completely peat ecosystem in production forest status can be managed by ULM as forest area with special management.
In this way, ULM is allowed to carry out multi-business to develop and utilize local resources.
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