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32896
Fri, 11/28/2008 - 21:19
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PRESIDENT CALLS FOR "ONE MAN, ONE TREE" GREENING MOVEMENT
Cibinong, Nov 28 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono here on Friday borrowed the phrase "one man, one vote" from the political world in calling on the people to participate in the national greening drive under the motto "one man, one tree."
The head of state introduced the new motto in his address to declare November 28 as "National Tree Planting Day" and December as "National Tree Planting Month."
One man, one tree, he said, meant that if every individual in the country's population of 230 million planted one tree every year, Indonesia would have 230 million new trees per year.
If the one man, one vote phrase implied the right of every citizen to vote in general elections, the one man, one tree concept meant the obligation of every Indonesian to care for the environment, he said.
According to the president, the one man, one tree movement would make Indonesia greener and more prosperous.
He said Indonesia's forests had a double function, namely to conserve the environment, and serve as a repository of natural resources for the improvement of the local peoples' welfare.
The environmental conservation activity led by the president took place on the premises of the Limnological Research Center of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in Cibinong, Bogor, West Java.
The tree planting program, initiated by the Forestry Ministry, was intended to familiarize national tree planting and tree caring movement as part of national culture and life style.
On the occasion President Yudhoyono planted a nyamplung or bintanggur (calphyllum inophyllum) tree -- a coastal tree from which oil is extracted, while First Lady Ani Yudhoyono planted a sukun or breadfruit tree.
The First Lady was also scheduled to plant breadfruit and coconut trees to mark the launch of a tree planting movement among Indonesian women at the Ancol Ocean Park in Jakarta on December 1, 2008.
Meanwhile, coordinator of the tree planting movement Erna Witoelar said on Thursday the nationwide movement would focus on planting and caring for edible fruit trees, medicinal plants, and fingerling breeding for daily consumption by the people.
The head of state introduced the new motto in his address to declare November 28 as "National Tree Planting Day" and December as "National Tree Planting Month."
One man, one tree, he said, meant that if every individual in the country's population of 230 million planted one tree every year, Indonesia would have 230 million new trees per year.
If the one man, one vote phrase implied the right of every citizen to vote in general elections, the one man, one tree concept meant the obligation of every Indonesian to care for the environment, he said.
According to the president, the one man, one tree movement would make Indonesia greener and more prosperous.
He said Indonesia's forests had a double function, namely to conserve the environment, and serve as a repository of natural resources for the improvement of the local peoples' welfare.
The environmental conservation activity led by the president took place on the premises of the Limnological Research Center of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) in Cibinong, Bogor, West Java.
The tree planting program, initiated by the Forestry Ministry, was intended to familiarize national tree planting and tree caring movement as part of national culture and life style.
On the occasion President Yudhoyono planted a nyamplung or bintanggur (calphyllum inophyllum) tree -- a coastal tree from which oil is extracted, while First Lady Ani Yudhoyono planted a sukun or breadfruit tree.
The First Lady was also scheduled to plant breadfruit and coconut trees to mark the launch of a tree planting movement among Indonesian women at the Ancol Ocean Park in Jakarta on December 1, 2008.
Meanwhile, coordinator of the tree planting movement Erna Witoelar said on Thursday the nationwide movement would focus on planting and caring for edible fruit trees, medicinal plants, and fingerling breeding for daily consumption by the people.
