Ambon, Maluku, Feb. 15 -- The local government and community in Rutong, South Leitimur Sub-district, Ambon City, Maluku, are working to preserve a 22-hectare sago forest and traditional methods of processing sago to earn an income.

As a customary village with the largest sago forest in Ambon, Rutong is continuing to make efforts to preserve sago by making the forest one of the features of the local tourism village.

The landscape and the diversity of germplasm maintained by the people serve as the village's selling points for visitors.

The leader of Rutong, Reza Valdo Maspaitella, informed that the local government has carried out the spatial planning of the Rutong area since 2022 by building a road to the sago forest and tourist area a...