Senin 10 May 2021 23:03 WIB
Red: Satya Festyiani
Menteri Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (LHK) Siti Nurbaya bersama dengan Menteri Kelautan dan Perikanan, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, secara virtual Rabu (5/5), mengikuti diskusi yang dibalut dengan tema “Executive Brief: State of The Art Blue Carbon di Indonesia”.
Foto: Kementerian LHK
Indonesia can keep up to 17 percent of Blue Carbon reserve in the world.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Blue Carbon Ecosystem that consists of coastal area such as mangrove, seagrass meadows, and brackish marsh is an absorbent. It can save a big amount of natural carbon for a long time. As the biggest archipelago in the world, Indonesia has 3.2 million ha mangroves and 3 million ha seagrass meadows. With such a large number, Indonesia can keep up to 17 percent of Blue Carbon reserve in the world. Therefore, Indonesia plays an important role in decreasing climate change.