Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was scheduled to kick off a `One Man One Tree` movement coinciding with Indonesia`s Tree Planting Day and the National Planting Month 2009, in Bandung District, West Java, Tuesday.

The head of state would plant a Samama (Anthocephalus macrophyllus) tree to mark the movement participated in by around 1,200 people, who would also plant trees at Pasir Malang, Ciherang village, Padalarang sub district, Bandung District, according to a press statement of the forestry ministry.

Samama tree can be used for light construction, short fiber pulp, veneer, plywood, carving, and wooden shoes. The bark has medicinal properties. The large leaves can be used as plates.

Since the Yudhoyono administration has launched nation-wide tree planting movement in 2007, more than 280 million trees have been planted.

From the Simultaneous Tree Planting Action and the Women`s Movement of Tree planting, some 86,989,425 trees were planted in 2007, from the plan of 79 million, and in 2008 a total of 108,947,048 trees were planted throughout the country, from the original target of 100 million trees, according to information from the forestry ministry.

From the Women`s Movement of Tree Planting and Caring, some 14,142,505 trees were planted from its plan of 10 million trees in 2007, and in 2008, a total of 5,157,538 trees were planted from the earlier target of five million trees.

Based on the forestry ministry`s existing written data, around 48 million trees were planted in 2009, in addition to an estimation of 30 million trees voluntarily planted by the communities which had not yet been reported to the ministry.

Deputy Governor of West Java Dede Yusuf on November 2, 2009, in Cikopo, Purwakarta, said the province had planted more than 80 million trees up to mid October 2009.(*)

Editor: Aditia Maruli
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