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SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Plans to naturally establish 8,000 mangrove trees in abandoned aquaculture ponds in Pulau Ubin were announced on Saturday (Oct 29), as part of a partnership between the National Parks Board (NParks) and OCBC Bank to increase Singapore’s capacity for carbon storage.
In a rural office on Bengkalis Island, off the northeast coast of Sumatra, 30-year-old Mayasari runs a mask dyed with tree sap through an antique sewing machine.
The day before, Mayasari, who goes by one name, and a dozen other women in Pedekik village learned to make hand sanitizer with an extract from the mangrove trees that fringe the coast.
“Alhamdulillah [praise be to god] if this comes from nature in Bengkalis, then it’s great,” Mayasari said.
The Bengkalis training is the first government program aimed at addressing the double hit from COVID-19 and climate change among mangrove-dwelling communities in Indonesia.
The masks