Ministry of Public Works and the Institute of Sciences Indonesian launched the development and revitalization of 12 botanical gardens in Indonesia. It is estimated that funds expended for this activity reach USD 124 million. The cost involved is very large. This is because many of the botanical gardens in Indonesia still need much improvement. During this time, the botanical garden and the facilities do not have a maximum arrangement. Therefore, there is still much that needs to be addressed so as to make maximum botanical garden can function as a nature reserve.
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Revitalization is to ensure the conservation, research, education and tourism can continue existing in the botanical gardens. This development also aims to increase green open space, given the green open spaces in Indonesia, or even in the world, had been steadily declining.
The addition of green space to pursue deficit of green open space for the public to be met by 20%. This amount is determined in accordance with the target prescription Act No. 26 Year 2007 on spatial planning. Average autonomous cities in Indonesia only has 9.9% of green open space, while the open space area of the district has 12.65%. That is, the value is still quite far from the target of 20 percent.
In this declaration, the government was committed to prioritize 12 botanical gardens to be included in the development priorities. The development is targeted to be carried from year 2015 to year 2019. Of these, seven botanical gardens will be developed from the planning to the management stage. With the revitalization and development of this botanical garden, Indonesia is expected to be more green and also can improve the ability in research and conservation of nature.
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