Bali, 1 June 2026 — Empowering and incentivizing local communities are vital for the long-term success of forest landscape restoration (FLR) projects, an ITTO official has said, as countries in Southeast Asia consider how to implement an ambitious new tree-planting initiative. ITTO Projects Manager Tetra Yanuariadi delivered remarks at the “First Workshop on the Development of ASEAN Leaders Declaration on One Billion Trees Growing Program and Its Implementation Plan,” held in Bali, Indonesia, on 12–13 May 2026.
