Indonesia planted a total of 79.1 million trees in less than one month`s time during the National Movement to Plant 100 Million Trees in 2008, a minister said, according to Antara. According to data up to December 23, 2008, some 79.1 million trees were planted, Forestry Minister MS Kaban said here on Wednesday during a 500-tree planting event with noted poet WS Rendra. To support the national tree planting movement, the forestry ministry had provided two million saplings to each province, according to the minister. The trees were planted mainly in arid areas and idle lands, he said. First Lady Ani Yudhoyono launched a tree planting movement for women at Ancol Ocean Park, in northern Jakarta, on December 1. The theme of the 2008 tree planting movement was "The food resilience of family" to encourage the people to plant fruit-bearing and edible trees. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched the Indonesian Tree Planting Day 2008 on November 28, 2008. First Lady Kristiani Herrawati Bambang Yudhoyono won a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) award for her efforts in encouraging Indonesian women to plant millions of trees simultaneously across the country in 2007.
