Earth Day is celebrated each year on April 22 to raise awareness on environmental threats and to support a heathy planet

To mark this occasion, a mangrove tree planting exercise was carried out in Indonesia’s Banda Aceh

As per the World Bank, Indonesia has an estimated 20 percent of the world’s mangroves

Despite being home to one of the largest and most diverse mangrove ecosystems in the world, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank estimates that over 60,000 hectares of mangroves were lost between 2008 and 2020

This plantation drive puts into focus the need to protect Indonesia’s vast green cover