As many as 37,000 mangrove seedlings were planted on the coast of Harapan Island, North Seribu Islands.

We strongly support Mangrove planting action

North Seribu Islands Sub-district Vice Head, Yulihardi said the mangrove planting was realized in cooperation between the regency administration with Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore North West Java (PHE ONWJ) and Pertamina Hulu Energi Offshore South East Sumatra (PHE OSES), as well as Oil and Gas Special Working Unit (SKK), and Service Quality Perception Survey (SPKP) for Starfish.

"We strongly support m angrove planting action, this aims to prevent the environment from being free from air pollution, thus it can improve air quality in Jakarta," he expressed, Thursday (9/7).

Senior Manager for Java Regional Relations at Pertamina, Agus Suprijanto said that his party always pays attention to the needs of the community and actively participates in maintaining the ecosystem around the operational area.

As of September 2023, Java Regional had planted 73,268 mangrove seedlings and perennials throughout the operational area. It did not only involve the community, but also elements of the army (TNI), government, and environmental activists.

"Our social and environmental responsibility programs are based on the needs of the community," he added.

SKK Migas Formality Division Head, George Nicolas Simanjuntak added that environmental sustainability had become part of upstream oil and gas activities. Besides reducing carbon emissions in every operational activity, one of them was by planting trees.

"Our commitment is to intensify tree planting. In 2021, we planted 1.2 million trees and grew in 2022 up to 1.7 million trees. This year, it is targeted to plant two million trees," he concluded.