Coloring Batiks for Mangrove Forest Conservation
The mangrove forest in Tanjung Rejo village, Percut Sei Tuan district, Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra, which was damaged due to exploitation, is now green and well conserved.
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Residents catch fish in a mangrove forest in Tanjung Rejo village, Percut Sei Tuan district, Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra, Saturday (12/10/2019). Fishermen incomes have declined apparently due to the destruction of mangrove forests, which have been cleared to make charcoal, fish ponds and oil palm plantations. Now people are struggling to find greener and more sustainable economic resources.
The mangrove forest in Tanjung Rejo village, Percut Sei Tuan district, Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra, which was damaged due to exploitation, is now green and well conserved. Locals have realized the benefits of mangroves and used the shrubs as batik coloring material.
It was cool at the Tanjung Rejo Batik Center on the eastern coast of Deli Serdang on Saturday (12 October 2019) morning. Batik Mangrove Lestari Group chairperson Hamida, 35, arrived, carrying a sack of mangrove twigs. She was going to boil the twigs into natural batik coloring.