EJN hosts media workshop on air pollution for journalists in Jakarta
Journalists in Jakarta dive deeper into the sources of air pollution in Jakarta, its impacts on communities, and how to frame air pollution story with human interest angle.
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Moving Everest Base Camp a ridiculous plan, says record-holding climber
World-record climber Kami Rita Sherpa tells The Third Pole what climate-driven changes he has seen in a 30-year Everest career – and why he thinks moving Everest Base Camp is not a solution.
2022 UN Ocean Conference: Indonesia shares strategies in plastic waste management
Indonesia is known as a country with high rates of plastic waste. In Lisbon at the 2022 UN Ocean Conference, CNN Indonesia’s Yogi Tujuliarto investigated potential waste management strategies the country could adopt.
A visit to the world’s best market in Portugal
Livramento fish market in Setubal, Portugal is named one of the best in the world. It’s also is considered to be the home of sustainable fishing practices.
UN holds Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal
UN Secretary General António Guterres speaks at the opening plenary of the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon.
EJN-supported stories hastened development of anoa breeding ground in Sulawesi
Sulawesi is home to unique flora and fauna, increasingly endangered by mining and deforestation activities. Anoa, an endemic species of wild water buffalo, is on the brink of extinction. Two EJN-supported stories have pushed policymakers to establish a captive breeding center for anoa conservation
Indonesia’s major lenders claim ‘going green’ while financing coal
Despite reports on how coal industry is damaging the environment and harming children, four major banks continue to funnel money into coal miners’ coffers. Project Multatuli and 350.org dig deeper.
‘We hide while working’: The life of children spraying poison on a pulp plantation
Living in cramped barracks with no access to education, these are the children earning $6 a day at one of Indonesia’s most profitable paper companies.
Waste banks, one of the solutions in waste management
Community-led waste banks can be key in tackling waste in the upstream. If optimised, more than 70% of Jakarta’s waste does not need to end up in Bantargebang.
Untangling the waste problem
An expert say Indonesia is yet to have a waste management blueprint. Waste power plant is seen as short and middle term solution to stop waste from contaminating the environment.