West Sumatra forestry service to plant 2 mln trees in 2008

Last year, the province succeeded in planting around 1.2 million trees on barren lands, West Sumatra`s forestry service head Syahrial Syam said here on Tuesday.

In 2009, the province would plant 2.5 million trees on arid areas and om school yards, he said.

The provincial administration had provided seedlings and coordinated the working program of the tree planting movement, he said.

The province at present had at least 500,000 trees to be distributed and planted, he said.

Indonesia has at least planted 86 million trees as part of the global campaign to fight climate change.

Indonesian First Lady Ani Yudhoyono recently ...