Sungailiat, Nov. 25 -- The Forestry Ministry distributed 16,000 productive fruit plant seedlings for planting in several areas in Bangka Belitung (Babel) Islands Province.

Head of the Baturusa-Cerucuk River Basin Management Center (BPDAS) in Bangka Belitung, Widiastuti, in Sungailiat, on Tuesday, said that 16,000 seedlings were distributed free of charge to community forest farmer groups for the restoration of critical forest areas.

"The productive plants we distributed to the community were fruit seedlings, and 100 percent of them were given to the community," she explained.

In addition to distributing seedlings, she said, her office successfully developed a simple nursery and distributed 150,000 trees to the community.

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