60 North Sumatra Youth Initiate Innovation to Prevent Forest and Land Fires and Save Animals

The issue of waste in conservation areas is also a concern. Through TWA FlowGuard, participants proposed simple trash traps in water flow paths to prevent trash from entering further into the Sibolangit Nature Tourism Park (TWA).

For the urban environment, the Medan City Forest & RTH idea includes mapping green open spaces, planting shade trees, adopting trees by the community, cleaning activities, and urban forest education.

Ideas Need to be Tested and Developed

The Dean of the Faculty of Forestry, University of North Sumatra (USU), Arida Susilowati, expressed the campus' support for developing the younger generation in the field of forest conservation.

"We hope that this activity will encourage the birth of a generation of forest conservationists in North Sumatra who are caring, knowledgeable and ready to act," said Arida.

Various ideas from this forum still need to be refined and tested. Pusgenri encourages its development through collaboration with the government, universities, technical implementation units of the Ministry of Forestry, communities and development partners.

Through this follow-up, it is hoped that the participants' ideas will develop into real actions while strengthening the network of the Forest Conservation Generation in North Sumatra.