Jakarta, Feb. 19 -- Deputy Minister of Environment, Diaz Hendropriyono, and the Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment, Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, met in Jakarta on Wednesday to discuss the potential for cooperation in mangrove rehabilitation and carbon trading.

"We have talked about the existence of mangroves to deal with land abrasion, particularly on the north coast of Java," Hendropriyono said after the meeting.

During the meeting, he shared the government's plan to plant mangroves in coastal areas vulnerable to abrasion, such as Demak, Central Java.

"We have carried out a pilot project in one of the villages in Demak, and it has been successful. We will continue the planting projects in 33 other provinces as well," he inform...