Students showed their compassion for South Bali’s threatened mangrove ecosystem this weekend.
Indonesian university students reportedly participated in mangrove planting off the South Badung coast on Saturday.
The community service event was a coordinated effort between Kelompok Nelayan Wanasari (the Wanasari Fishermen Group) and the Bali Mangrove Forum (FPMB).
Minister of Culture for the Student Executive Body (BEM) at Udayana University, I Kadek Agus Juni said the coastal planting was done to encourage students to preserve nature.
Juni told Tribun Bali that 27 students from across Java, Sumatra, and Bali were invited to the event and he hopes they’ll become ambassadors for the environment.
Teguh Winarto of FPMB’s Monitoring Task Force says the mangrove planting was also coupled with the issue cleaning up the environment.
“With the amount of garbage being dumped into the sea and rivers, the mangroves will die and not be able to grow. Therefore we invite the children to follow the hygiene program and planting of more than 1,000 trees,” he said, as quoted by Tribun.
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