Alien Plant Invasion in National Parks
Monday, June 17, 2024
Invasive alien plant species are infesting many national parks in Indonesia. There is no comprehensive solution yet.
FROM behind the window of the Imaging Laboratory, Cibodas Botanical Garden, Cianjur, West Java, Aisyah Handayani pointed at a tree with orange flowers. African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata)—so is the tree called—is flourishing at the rear of the building. Aisyah, a researcher from the Ecology and Ethnobiology Research Center, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), mentioned it as an example of an alien plant or inva
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