Jakarta may fall short on its 2050 zero transportation emissions target, study finds
Jakarta administration needs to reach beyond its current policies and program if it were to achieve its zero-emission target by 2050.
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Air pollution gives rise to ailments, including reproduction health for women
Air pollution has been found to have impacts on women’s reproductive system. More study needed to better inform public health policy.
Gauging the efficacy of Indonesia’s co-firing scheme
Trend Asia looks into Indonesia’s energy transition strategies and says the co-firing program does not have a significant impact on reducing emissions.
Indonesia’s new climate plan: Slow progress but change imminent
The improved emission targets in Indonesia’s NDCs are still a long way from a 1.5C pathway finds Caroline Bulolo.
Why communities are opposing Japanese incineration in Southeast Asia
Indonesia looks to incinerator to manage its waste in major landfills. While waste pickers want better empowerment, fair wages, and access to social and health services.
Twelve journalists awarded EJN story grants to report on air pollution in Jakarta
Journalists will produce stories that will highlight disproportionate impacts of air pollution on women, children, and other marginalized communities
Indigenous people’s customs could be threatened by cattle ranching in Aru Islands
The Aru Islands are rich in cultural and biodiversity. Many Aru Indigenous people are worried their traditions, Aru’s flora and fauna and the relationship between the two could be threatened by the onset of large-scale cattle ranching.
Cattle ranching may threaten karts ecosystem, water resources in Aru, Indonesia
Development of large-scale cattle ranching in Trangan, the largest island in Indonesia’s South Aru district, may threaten its water resources.
What happens when investors make a cattle call on ranching Indonesia’s Aru Islands?
Four cattle-ranching firms have acquired permits for an area covering almost 62,000 hectares on Trangan Island, one of the most pristine of the Aru Archipelago. Mongabay Indonesia explores how this came to be.
Ecosystems and indigenous people at risk if cattle ranching begins in Indonesia’s Aru Islands
Indonesia’s well-conserved Aru Islands may soon be taken over by cattle ranching stretching across almost 62,000 hectares, including 16 villages home to the area’s Indigenous people.