Mount Soputan erupted again
Manado, Ekuatorial – Soputan Mountain erupted and spewed lava within 2,000 meters, said an official on Monday (2/2), in Southeast Minahasa and South Minahasa districts...
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Bakrie Group Subsidiary Allegedly Violated Regulations in Gorontalo
DEGORONTALO – A subsidiary of Bakrie Groups, PT Gorontalo Minerals, has been accused of violating environment and forestry laws. The violation has been allegedly broke...
73 endemic birds of West Papua released to the wild
Sorong, Ekuatorial – West Papua Natural Resources Conservation Agency, or BKSDA, finally released confiscated Victoria crowned pigeons and yellow-crested cockatoos back to their wild habitat...
Deforestation leads to food insecurity for Lampung
Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – Water crisis resulted from environmental degradation would lead to decreasing rice production in Lampung. Hence, rice security targeted by the province in...
Expert slams Manado government expanding reclamation plan
Manado, Ekuatorial – Despite of Manado government's clearance on its reclamation activities, expert slammed it as destroying the ecosystem and its marine biodiversity. Since 1998,...
REDD+ agency closed down ‘is not in accordance’ to Indonesia-Norway agreement
Jakarta, Ekuatorial - Dissolving Indonesia's agency on reducing emission from deforestation and forest degradation, or REDD+, into the Ministry of Environment and Forestry was 'no...
West Papua’s endemic bird facing extinction
Sorong, Ekuatorial – With less sighting for the past decade, West Papua's endemic Waigeo brushturkey (Aepypodius Bruijinii) was inches away from being extinct, said an...
Bandarlampung to expand its landfill capacity in 2015
Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial - Bandarlampung administration had planned to expand its landfill capacity in 2015 to solve its waste problem, said an official on Tuesday (27/1),...
REDD+ Agency and Climate Change National Council merged into the Ministry of Environment and Forestry
Jakarta, Ekuatorial - Though previously denied the rumor, Heru Prasetyo, head of Indonesia's initiative to reduce emission from deforestation and degradation, known as REDD+ agency,...
Scientists develop rubber seeds for alternative energy in Palangkaraya
Palangkaraya, Ekuatorial – Scientists said on Monday (26/1) that they have succeeded to develop rubber tree seeds as alternative energy to fossil fuel, in Palangkaraya,...