Calling for Tree Planting Volunteer Participants on “Nusantara ASRI Village Day”

Calling for Tree Planting Volunteer Participants

on “Nusantara ASRI Village Day”

A Global Forestation Movement Initiated by the Ministry of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration in Indonesia

What is Nusantara ASRI Village Day?

The Nusantara ASRI Village Day or what we called in Indonesian “Hari Desa Asri Nusantara” is an initiative forestation campaign led by the Ministry of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration in Indonesia. Held with the slogan of “Greening the Earth from Villages”, the campaign implies that a huge impact on the planet’s well-being could be done through small and simple actions. This commemoration day is going to be celebrated in order to increase public awareness regarding climate change and reduce the risk of disasters. In addition, the event aims to increase the development of “ASRI” (Aman [safe], Sehat [healthy], Rindang [naturalistic], and Indah [beautiful]) villages and other living sites. In Indonesia, the campaign implementation will be in the form of a simultaneous plantation across 74.961 villages.

What does Nusantara mean, and how is it relevant?

Initially, “Nusantara” referred to Indonesia as an archipelago country. However, as the Ministry sees this movement as an opportunity to increase participation on a global level, we would like to invite all IFSA members, both Officials and Local Committee (LC) members, along with other IFSA partners (NGOs, Organisations, and others) to support this activity. This is a call for enthusiastic, highly-aware, and compassionate parties who would like to contribute to a better future for the forest & humankind.

When and where will it be conducted?

This movement will take place on Monday, 20th of March 2023 in each of the students’ faculty, working place, and/or living side.

How can we participate?

This activity is voluntary. You may plant as many trees with various species as you want. Any number of plantations will be very much appreciated.
You can apply for participation as an individual/IFSA LC representative/other body (organisation/institution) representative through this link: https://forms.gle/6q8RfouNcUL5YQin8
The deadline for the application is on the 15th of March, 2023. Please note that the application will be used to give us an overview of the participants involved and how prepared they are. We are more than happy to assist you should there be any difficulties. Nevertheless, you may still participate in the planting activities whether or not you apply.
Once you have conducted the activity, please publish your planting documentation on your social media accounts (Instagram/Twitter/Facebook/others) by posting one/more of your pictures and/or videos along with a short description of the event. To address the euphoria, you may use hashtags such as #NusantaraASRIVillageDay, #YouthAction, as well as #GreeningtheWorld and fill in our activity report through this link: https://forms.gle/DQ2LKP3JDK7iGSJb7.
Our symbolic tree planting will be attended by the Vice President of Indonesia, K.H. Ma’ruf Amin, carried out by the Minister of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration of Indonesia in Pelalawan District, Riau Province. The activity will be broadcasted live via the Ministry Youtube Channel (KEMENDES PDTT) on 20th of March, 2023, at 7.30 AM UTC+7.
For further information, please send an email to our Ministry (asridesa@kemendesa.go.id) or Faiha Azka (faiha.azka@ifsa.net).