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Ministry of Environment and Forestry launched public complaint center

Jakarta, Ekuatorial – The Ministry of Environment and Forestry on Thursday (12/3) launched complaint mechanism to deal with cases related to environment and forestry, in Jakarta. Public can submit their complaints or share information related to environment and forestry issues through the ministry’s website http://pengaduan.menlhk.go.id, sent email [email protected] or call and SMS to 0811-932-932. In […]

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Court released a man suspected in Riau illegal land burning

Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya, said on Thursday (12/3) that they will appeal on the court’s decision to release a land and forest fires suspect. Rengat District Court, preceded by judge Wiwin Sulistya, had released Asun or Mastur, director of PT Kurnia Subur, suspected for land and forest fires in […]

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Environment and Forestry Ministry launched website to detect land and forest fires

Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Approaching dry season, Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) launched a website to detect land and forest fires on real-time, on Thursday (12/3), in Jakarta. The website, sipongi.menlhk.go.id, displays information extracted from ASMC (ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Center), NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), and BMKG (Indonesian Meteorological, Climatology, and Geophysics), which comprises […]

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Usaha Kopi Luwak Ancam Populasi Musang

Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – Usaha kopi luwak memang menggiurkan, petani menjual di tingkat konsumen mencapai Rp 700 ribu sampai Rp 900 ribu per kilogram (kg). Berbeda dengan harga kopi robusta yang hanya seharga Rp40 sampai Rp60 ribu per kg. Bahkan untuk kebutuhan turis mancanegara, bisa mencapai Rp 1,6 juta atau Rp 800 ribu per gelas. Data […]

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Warga Usir Penambang Emas Liar

Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – Warga kota Bandarlampung dikabarkan mengusir siapa saja yang berusaha untuk melakukan penambangan emas di Jl Tirtayasa Kecamatan Sukabumi, Kota Bandarlampung. Menurut Umri (40) warga setempat pada Selasa (10/3) saat ini sudah tidak ada lagi penambang yang melakukan penggalian di sekitar perumahannya itu. “Kami sangat khawatir karena penambang ilegal itu sudah masuk ke […]

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AMAN calls for national reconciliation between the state and indigenous peoples

Jakarta, Ekuatorial — Indigenous people’s alliance in Indonesia calls for national reconciliation between the government and indigenous peoples after long abandonment by the state, said Abdon Nababan, secretary general of Indigenous People’s Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), in Jakarta, on Tuesday (10/3). “[The government] needs to start national reconciliation immediately. If not, I am afraid […]

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Tiga Gunung Api Sulawesi Utara Berstatus Siaga

Manado, Ekuatorial– Setelah akhir pekan lalu Gunung Soputan di Kabupaten Minahasa Tenggara meletus, di awal pekan ini dua gunung berapi lainnya di Provinsi Sulawesi Utara masing-masing Gunung Lokon di Kota Tomohon dan Gunung Karangetang di Kabupaten Siau Tagulandang Biaro (Sitaro) naik level menjadi siaga. Frans Salindeho, warga Siau mengungkapkan, di malam hari Karangetang menunjukan aktivitas […]

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‘If Not Us Then Who’ campaign launched in Indonesia

Jakarta, Ekuatorial — Five short documentaries of how Indonesia’s indigenous people struggle and sacrifice to protect their forests hit Jakarta’s Antara Gallery, March 10-18. The screening is part of the ‘If Not Us Then Who’ campaign, a two year project aiming to communicate indigenous people’s experience in protecting forests. “We want to tell the world […]

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Indigenous people task force is urgent, but no deadline set

Jakarta, Ekuatorial — To ensure land acquisitions for infrastructure development run smoothly, government is currently setting up an agency tasked to deal with indigenous people although no specific deadline has been set, said a special staff, in Jakarta, on Tuesday (10/3). The task force was initiated by Indigenous People’s Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) to […]

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Letusan Soputan Terkait Angka Tujuh

Ratahan, Ekuatorial – Sempat tidak terlihat aktifitasnya sejak letusan terakhir beberapa pekan lalu, Sabtu (7/3) sekitar pukul 17.09 Waktu Indonesia Tengah (WITA), Gunung Soputan di Sulawesi Utara kembali meletus dan memuntahkan material debu bercampur lumpur. Sore itu sekitar pukul 17.00, belum terlihat adanya tanda-tanda Soputan akan kembali meletus. Sembilan menit berselang atau pukul 17.09 wita, […]