RESEARCHERS from the International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) Bogor and Brawijaya University along with local stakeholders agree that Nantu stores a carbon reserve of around 200 tons per hectare. With an area of 31,215 hectares, Nantu is pivotal to the Gorontalo community as a water catchment source through the river basin of Paguyaman, one of the largest rivers in northern Sulawesi.

Today the position of Nantu Forest tends to