{"id":664234,"date":"2019-07-25T11:42:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_3_ads  \"><div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \"><div class=\"ads_shortcode\"><div class=\"g g-5\"><div class=\"g-single a-10\"><img src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Citine"},"modified":"2019-07-25T11:42:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:42:57","slug":"man-walking-backward-across-country-for-forest-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/25\/man-walking-backward-across-country-for-forest-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Man walking backward across country for forest protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_3_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"g g-5\">\n<div class=\"g-single a-10\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Citinewsroom-Ad-1.jpeg\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An Indonesia man is on a quest to walk 500 miles across the country while facing backwards to raise awareness of forest preservation.<\/p>\n<p>Medi Bastoni, 43, set out from his home village of Dono, East Java, and is hiking backwards 500 miles to the State Palace in Jakarta, where he hopes to arrive in time for independence day celebrations Aug. 17.<\/p>\n<p>Bastoni is walking with the use of a rear-view mirror allowing him to keep an eye on his path without turning his head.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-536008\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/in-forest.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"273\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>The walker said he is hoping to meet in Jakarta with President Joko Widodo, who he plans to ask for a symbolic seed to be planted on the slopes of Mount Wilis.<\/p>\n<p>Bastoni said environmental activists are making progress with preserving the forests around Mount Wilis, but a symbolic seed from the president would go a long way toward raising awareness of the efforts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indonesia man is on a quest to walk 500 miles across the country while facing backwards to raise awareness of forest preservation. 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