Environment Project in West Java

Students from the Al Izhar Senior High
School in Jakarta received a
$200 GCE mini grant to carry out a project in Mt Halimun National Park, West Java. The culmination of 4 months of work involving 7 educators and 56 students occurred over 3 days
when over 50 participants traveled to the National Park to bring
about ecological restoration by
planting the Puspa Tree, the Aren Palm, the Pasang Tree, and the Rasamala tree. The students also educated the residents of
Ciptarasa Village, which borders
the Park, by teaching them how erosion, landslides, flooding, soil infertility, deforestation, and the loss of
biodiversity affect their communities.