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The President of Indonesia launched the Indonesian Tree Planting Day on 28 November and the National Planting Month, held at the Limnologi LIPI Research Center, Cibinong, on 28 November 2008. On that occasion the president planted Nyamplung (Calophyllum inophyllum L) and the First Lady to plant Breadfruit (Artocarpus Communis) , as a sign of the commencement of simultaneous planting of 100 million trees in 2008 throughout Indonesia.
President Susilo Bambang Yudoyono wants to make a tradition of planting trees for the people of Indonesia. In addition to making November 28 as a planting day, SBY also made December the National planting month. Its determination was outlined in Indonesia's Presidential Decree No.24 of 2008 concerning Indonesian Tree Planting Day. The activity is a strategic Indonesian nation in an effort to anticipate global climate change, forest degradation and deforestation, and other environmental damage which results in a decrease in natural productivity and environmental sustainability.
Locations at the Limnologi Research Center, Cibinong Science Center LIPI, Jl. Raya Jakarta Bogor KM. 46 Cibinong, Bogor Regency, West Java Province. This location is included in the Ciliwung watershed. Planting symbolically by the President and the invitees planted 217 seeds / trees with types: nyamplung, buni, breadfruit, rambutan, kluwek, nyawai, kokoleceran, mahogany, tamarind, pulai, suren, salam, durian, nutmeg, ki precipitation, walnuts, walnuts, pecan and kemang.
 
Source: www.limnologi.lipi.go.id