This story was first published by China Dialogue on 14 April 2021. Oleh Adi Renaldi Over the years, married couple Edi Suriana and Masitah have grown accustomed to the great smokestacks that emit a constant plume of thick smog a few hundred metres from their home. The stacks belong to the Suralaya coal plant on the westernmost edge […]
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Indigenous journalists in Indonesia use video to share stories about their people, environment
Jurnalis adat Mentawai mempelajari bagaimana media visual dapat menceritakan kerusakan lingkungan dan menjangkau masyarakat lebih luas. Selama tiga hari mereka diperkenalkan kepada dasar-dasar sinematografi, keterampilan mengedit, wawancara, dan mempertajam ide-ide liputan.
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Anggalia Putri: the government must be transparent about its food estate program
Pemerintah memasukkan program food estate dalam Program Strategis Nasional (PSN) 2020-2024. Pro dan kontra menyelimuti langkah pemerintah tersebut. Yayasan Madani Berkelanjutan melihat perlunya penyamaan definisi food estate, keterbukaan perencanaan, dan optimalisasi lahan pertanian yand sudah ada.
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Bali’s Kuta Beach faces ‘grave’ erosion
According to data from local authority, about 230 kilometres of the 633 kilometre coastline in Bali has been lost to erosion. Development and impacts of climate change have also contributed. Bali administration has built embankments among other actions but experts fear these efforts are only temporary solutions.
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Eko Teguh Paripurno: we haven’t been conscientious in disaster mitigation and planning
Almost all cases of natural disasters that have occurred were caused by poor spatial management. Indonesia needs to reevaluate land use, types of users, spatial patterns, and permit processes, and rebuild on the principle of protecting and prospering the people.
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Family farming and entrepreneurship: how Manggarai women build back better
Journalist Markus Makur looks closer at how women in Manggarai turn to family farming and entrepreneurship to survive thair flailing economy, following large scale social distancing regulation put in place by the local government, to curb the spread of the Novel Corona virus.
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Red tape impedes effort to electrify remote areas in Indonesia
The effort to reach 100 percent electrification in Indonesia has been at a great cost both for state-owned PLN, and private energy companies. Norman Harsono of The Jakarta Post reached out to these companies to learn more about their impediments.
Posted inArticle / Biodiversity
“Flycatcher” coffee: a fruitful community-based conservation in Jatimulyo
Unified by a sense of loss of when they no longer hear birds chirping, villagers of Jatimulyo, with invitations and discussions carried out by village officials and farmer groups who care about the environment, slowly changed their behavior.
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Belanti Village: a cultivation area paralyzed by canalization and infrastructure development
For over two decades, Belanti Village, Ogan Komering Ilir Regency, South Sumatra was one of the biggest rice suppliers in South Sumatera, before the village, which boasted a rich peat ecosystem, was submerged and could no longer be cultivated following the canalization system built by an oil palm plantation.
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Down and out in Bandung’s dollar city
In the 1960s, Indonesia’s Bandung experienced a textile boom that brought prosperity and jobs to the area. Today, locals complain of endemic pollution and health problems linked to unscrupulous factories dumping their waste in the city’s waterways.