The President also held teleconference with East Java Governor Soekarwo, South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo and South Sumatra Governor Alex Nurdin as well as with local farmer groups as part of the commemoration.
On the occasion, President Yudhoyono, First Lady Ani Yudhoyono, Vice President Boediono and his wife Herawati Boediono planted trees near the dam.
Also present at the event were a number of ministers, West Java Governor Akhmad Heryawan and Purwakarta District Head Dedi Mulyadi.
The government intends to plant one billion trees this year as part of the effort to reduce greenhouse emissions from the forestry sector.
Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said some time ago about 500 million of the trees would be planted by the government on 500,000 hectares of land financed by the state budget and the rest by industrial forest concessionaires and private companies.
The one-billion-three-planting campaign is a follow up to President Yudhoyono`s pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and forestry sectors by as much as 26 percent in 2020.
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