Banjarmasin (ANTARA) - Rector of Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM) Professor Ahmad Alim Bachri conducted monitoring to several mangrove locations managed by the university in Pulau Laut Tanjung Selayar Sub-district, Kotabaru District, South Kalimantan.
"We visited several villages for monitoring, including Tanjung Sungkai, Tanjung Pelayar, Oka-Oka, and Teluk Tamiang villages," he said here on Tuesday.
In Tanjung Sungkai Village, the rector and his team checked mangrove seedlings prepared for planting.
Related news: KLH, ULM and Freeport manage mangrove ecosystem, reduce plastic waste
The mangrove seedlings were cultivated by ULM in collaboration with the local village community to restore mangrove area.
Since mid-2024, ULM through Berkah Wasaka Mandiri Cooperative has obtained Forest Utilzation Business Permit (PBPH) for 611 hectares of Production Forest in Kotabaru.
The cooperative then, with this permit, has the right to manage the mangrove forest for carbon absorption and storage, fisheries cultivation, and as a recreational or educational tourism destination.
Related news: ULM involves community in mangrove conservation in Kotabaru
Through mangrove cultivation, he said, ULM is making a real contribution to support the government's green economy policies in context to SDGs and environmental sustainability.
Hencefoth, he announced plan to establish Indonesian tropical mangrove laboratory in Kotabaru.
It is hoped that the mangrove area manage by ULM will become a researh center for various scientific experts to provide solution to various environmental issues facing the word today.
