Forests, called the lungs of the world, suck in planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and are home to numerous wildlife species. Signs of a more-conscious approach to construction are visible: patches of trees remain fenced-off to protect them from machinery, a plant nursery has already started for the replanting process officials promise and industrial forest surrounds the site.īut with construction set to ramp up this year, environmentalists warn building a metropolis will speed up deforestation in one of the world’s largest and oldest stretches of tropical rainforest. The government has said it’s working to be considerate of the environment.
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At least one site has a sign with a QR code that visitors can scan to see 3D visuals of what the area will look like when finished others have printed signboards showing what’s to come. Sites visited by The Associated Press in early March showed mounds of freshly turned earth with excavators and cranes around them. Construction of key buildings - such as the presidential palace - is expected to be completed by August 2024. Worker dormitories, basic roads and a helipad are already being used. Some 7,000 construction workers are clearing, plowing and building the first phases of the site. Basuki Hadimuljono, Indonesia’s minister for public works and housing, said in February that the city’s infrastructure is 14 percent completed. In its current state, the new city is far from the tidy finish presented by its planners, but there is progress. “We have to think beyond what is happening today and try to tackle (things) that are futuristic,” said Bambang Susantono, chairman of Nusantara National Capital Authority, speaking about the city’s design and ability to answer future challenges.ĭigital renderings shared by the government show a city surrounded by forest, with people walking on tree-lined sidewalks and buildings with plant-covered rooftops surrounded by walking paths, ponds, clean creeks and lush forest.īuilding architecture is inspired by modern urban towers combined with traditional Indonesian architecture: the presidential palace in the shape of a garuda - a mythical bird and the national symbol of Indonesia - and other buildings that give a stylistic nod to traditional architecture used by Indigenous groups around the archipelago. Officials tout the creation of a futuristic green city centered on forest, parks and food production that utilizes renewable energy resources, “smart” waste management and green buildings. Plans for the new capital - about twice the size of New York City - are grandeur. Indonesia began construction of the new capital in mid 2022, after President Joko Widodo announced that Jakarta - the congested, polluted current capital that is prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea - would be retired from capital status.
But the project has been plagued by criticism from environmentalists and Indigenous communities, who say it degrades the environment, further shrinks the habitat of endangered animals such as orangutans and displaces Indigenous people that rely on the land for their livelihoods.
Officials promise a “sustainable forest city” that puts the environment at the heart of development and aims to be carbon-neutral by 2045.
PENAJAM PASER UTARA, Indonesia: Orange-red ground has been broken in the jungle of East Borneo, where the Indonesian government has begun construction of its new capital city.
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