FEATURE-Eco-friendly Eid - the Indonesian women on a mission to plant trees

Forestry experts say reforestation initiatives have faced numerous challenges in Indonesia, such as weak seedlings and poor maintenance once the trees have been planted.

“Increasingly, communities are being expected to have greater roles in tree-planting initiatives,” said Ani Adiwinata Nawir, a scientist with the Indonesia-based Center for International Forestry Research.

The peatland and mangrove restoration agency plans to work with community groups and businesses to meet a national target of replanting 600,000 hectares of mangrove forests by 2024.