The North Sumatera Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) found that 432 hectares of mangrove forest at Secanggang District, Langkat Regency, had been turned into a palm oil plantation. “We will curb this conversion of mangrove land,” North Sumatera BKSDA head Jhon Kennedy said in Stabat on Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Jhon explained that he would […]
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Dozens of Alligators on the Loose in N. Sumatra due to Floods
Floods and landslides that occured in the district of West Siantar, Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra, before dawn did not only leave two people dead and dozens more injured. Floods also led to dozens of alligators belong Animal Park Pematangsiantar broken off because of the crocodile pond floods, Wednesday, December 2, 2015. According to the Head of […]
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Phytoplankton Population Explosion Causes Fishes to Die: LIPI
The mass death of fishes, found washed ashore North Jakarta`s Ancol Dream Land beach, was due to a population boom of the Coscinodiscus spp. species of phytoplankton, as stated by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). In a press statement here on Wednesday, the Oceanic Research Center of LIPI said the phytoplankton population had significantly […]
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Minister Susi to Collect Data on Contaminated Water Areas
Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti said that her ministry would take stock of polluted water areas in an effort to create healthy conditions in Indonesian waters. “We will ask for data on the polluted areas in Indonesian waters that contain hazardous waste material,” the minister said on Tuesday. She said her ministry would […]
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Smog gets in their eyes and lungs
Days of heavy smog shrouding Indonesian Borneo pushed its air pollution to 20 times beyond the safe level last week despite government promises to tackle forest fires. Visibility dropped dramatically as measures of dust particles known as PM10 reached almost 3,000 micrograms per cubic metre in the Central Borneo provincial capital of Palangka Raya. According […]
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Minister of Environment and Forestry: No More Licensing for Peatland Concessions
Ekuatorial, Palangka Raya – Government take firm action against the exploitation of peatland, which is to stop giving forest management concessions to the company. “The Ministry of Environment and Forestry will not provide new licenses for peatland. This is in accordance with instructions of the president,” said Minister Siti Nurbaya, on the sidelines of President […]
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Village-owned Enterprises (BUMDes) as a Solution
Chairman of KTH “Jasema”, Sugiyono, carried a stack of documents. It contains loan application letters from the members of the cooperative. In each letter listed the fund amounts to be borrowed and the signature of a husband and wife who borrowed. “So that, the husband and wife know the loan amount and not diverted,” said […]
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Certified Wood from Terong Village
The drought reached its peak at the end of September. In Terong village in Bantul regency, Central Java, the teak tree began leafless, the soil harden. However, the sources of water in these hills still produce clear water. In some areas, paddy is still green. Contrast with the surrounding deciduous trees. The paddy did not […]
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Executives of PT Palm Lestari Makmur Becomes Suspect in Riau Fires
Pekanbaru, Ekuatorial – Riau Police named three executives of PT Palm Lestari Makmur as the suspect in an alleged case of fires in Indragiri Hulu. “One of the three people named as a suspect is an Indonesian citizen with initial name IJP, Director of PT PLM. Two other foreigners, one Malaysian citizen (EJP) and one […]
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Compliance Audit: 58 Companies in Riau Not Ready to Tackle Forest Fires
Pekanbaru, Ekuatorial – From 61 Forest Management Rights (HPH) and Manager Plantation Forests (HTI) license holder companies, 58 of them have not met the standards to prevent and tackle forest fires. Riau government gave two months deadline for those companies to complete the infrastructure. “All the HPH and HTI license holders should have facilities for […]