The Long Wait for Mangrove Protection: How Community Restoration Efforts Improve Ecosystem
Community participation is yet to be accommodated in the draft government regulation on mangrove. There has been a tug-of-war between government institutions.
Irsyan Hasyim
February 26, 2024
AT low tide, mudskippers like to play in the mangrove area around 400 meters west of the Kali Adem Port in Muara Angke, North Jakarta. These amphibian fish skip here and there and even climb mangrove roots. “Mudskippers once disappeared from here,” said Rahmat Zainal, Secretary of Muara Angke Mangrove Community (KOMMA), while showing his group’s protected mangrove area on Wednesday afternoon, February 14.
The return
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