Sorong, Ekuatorial – Though already submitted customary land maps to the government, no legal status has yet to be declared over these areas, said an activist on Monday (16/3), in Sorong, Papua. “There isn’t any process related to acknowledging customary land maps because government has yet to issue regulations on these maps,” said Kasmita Widodo, […]
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Residents chase away illegal miners digging in their residents
Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – Fearing of landslide, citizens of Bandarlampung have been chasing away illegal gold miners in their resident areas,” said a local resident, in Bandarlampung, on Tuesday (10/3). Umri, a local resident, said that there were no longer illegal gold miners in his home located in Sukabumi sub-district of Bandarlampung city. “We are worried […]
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Alert status for three volcanoes in North Sulawesi
Manado, Ekuatorial – Two volcanoes, Lokon mountain in Tomohon and Karangetang mountain in Siau Tagulandang Biaro (Sitaro) district, have been raised to alert status after Soputan mountain erupted again last week, said an official on Tuesday (10/3). Yudia Tatipang, head of Karangetang Mountain Monitoring Post, said that volcanic activities were fluctuating and they were still […]
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Marine conservation areas in Indonesia reaches 16.5 million hectares
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Director of Conservation Area and Fish of the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries, Agus Dermawan, claimed that marine conservation areas in Indonesia have reached 16.5 million hectares from the target of 20 million hectares by 2020, in Jakarta, on Saturday (7/3). “After being initiated in 1980s, marine conservation areas have reached 16.5 […]
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Virus attacks shrimp farms in Lampung
Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – The largest shrimp farm in Southeast Asia, Bumi Dipasena, is being threatened by white feces disease due to increase demands, said an official, on Friday (6/3), in Bandarlampung. After reports on many shrimp deaths, Lampung marine and fisheries agency conducted a research and found that South Lampung, East Lampung, and Dipasena were […]
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Relocation for people living in Langsa watershed to overcome floods
Langsa, Ekuatorial – Langsa administration planned to relocate people living in Langsa watershed areas to overcome floods coming every year, said Iskandar Syukri, head of Langsa Disaster Mitigation Agency, on Thursday (5/3), in Langsa. “Normalizing Langsa river will not solve the problem. It is much efficient to elevate embankments and construct concrete embankments permanently which […]
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56,000 hectares critical lands located in Biak, Papua
Biak, Jubi/Antara – Biak Numfor Forest Management official released data of 56,000 hectares of critical forest areas in Papua, in 2015. “If previous critical forest areas amounted to 42,000 hectares but there has been increased [of critical forest areas] so it would need replanting from time to time,” said head of forest management office, Aris […]
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Growing population leads to increasing waste in Manado
Manado, Ekuatorial – Head of Manado department of sanitation and urban landscaping said on Tuesday (3/2) that the city’s waste volume has been increasing for the past four years resulted from growing population. “In 2014, it [the volume] had already passed 980,865 cubic meters and [we] predicted that it will continue to increase this year,” […]
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Distrust the Police, Papua lawmakers turn to Attorney General to tackle illegal logging
Jayapura, Jubi – Papua House of Representatives, Commission I, which oversees permit issues, had planned to submit illegal logging documents in Papua to the district attorney general as legislators stated they did not trust the police. Ruben Magay, member of Commission A, said that they did not trust ‘the brown corps’ not without reason as […]
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Aceh Representatives : funding to transfer elephant is available at City District
Joe Samalanga Elephant and human conflict reached five people casualties and one injured between 2014 – 2015 in Central Aceh. Secretary of Commission II, which oversees economy, natural resources and environment, at Aceh House of Representatives, H. Muhammad Amru, said that lack of fund can not be used as the reason to stall moving elephant […]