Manado, Ekuatorial – Two villagers of Kahuku, Bangka island were sentenced on Wednesday (17/12) to one year and ten month in prison resulted from years of on-going conflict between local people and iron ore mining company. Airmadidi District Court, presided by Nendi Rusnendi, sentenced Julianus Tuhema and Fandi Kaongan with one year and ten months […]
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Eight sub-districts of Mount Lawu prone to landslides
Karanganyar, Ekuatorial – Eight sub-districts of Karanganyar district, Solo, Central Java, were categorized as high prone to landslides, said an official, in Karanganyar, on Wednesday (17/12). The eight sub-districts, — Jatipuro, Jatiyoso, Tawangmangu, Matesih, Karangpandan, Ngargoyoso, Kerjo, and Jenawi –, were located at slopes of Mount Lawu. At least 65 people were killed because of […]
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Aru Islands threatened by plantation
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Amid massive marine awareness campaign by government, activists on Wednesday (17/12) blasted permit given by ministry of forestry to turn natural forest of Aru Islands of northern Papua to become plantation. “We already know that Aru [island] is not suitable for plantation but permits were being issued. It is possible that they […]
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Watch out for these signs if you’re living in mountain areas
SLEMAN (kabarkota.com) – Civil engineering lecturer at Gadjah Mada University, Wahyu Wilopo, encouraged people living in the hills to increase their alertness especially when rain intensity reach 50 mm/hours or pouring down more than two hours. He said the condition was potentially for landslides to happen as occurred in Banjarnegara, Central Java, recently. “95 percent […]
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Piled up garbage angered Bupati
Timika, Jubi – Mimika Bupati Entinus Omaleng, SE, was angry seeing piles of garbage at the street causing less favorable view. Omaleng’s wrath was seen as he drove towards Timika city roads which were filled with waste during his unannounced inspection, on Monday (15/12). “The officer definitely did not pick up this trash. In addition, […]
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Sebelas Maret University developed flood early warning system
Solo, Ekuatorial – A team of research center for natural disaster of Sebelas Maret University on Tuesday (16/12) developed idea to built early warning system which can be accessed through text messaging, WhatsApp and android. Early warning system had already been installed in Bengawan solo river but it does not working properly. ” For instance, […]
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BNPB : Banjarnegara landslide caused by erosion
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Official on Monday (15/12) stated that Banjarnegara landslide that struck last Friday (12/12) was caused by erosion. “Tegalele hill soil formation is an old volcanic sediment with thick solum [upper layers of a soil profile in which topsoil formation occurs] and it is weathering. In addition, that its slope is 60 to […]
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Solo administration built retention basin and rubber dam to prevent floods
Solo, Ekuatorial – To anticipate massive floods, Solo administration had planned to built retention basin and rubber dam in the banks of Bengawan Solo river, said its Mayor, FX Hadi Rudyatmo, in Solo, Central Java, on Monday (15/12). “We will immediately develop embung (local term for retention basin) in Tirtonadi area and rubber dam in […]
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Activists : Burning down ships will not give deterrent effect
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Indonesia’s recent bold move to burn down illegal fishing vessels would not be enough to create deterrent effect, said an activist, in Jakarta, on Thursday (11/12). Riza Damanik of Indonesian Traditional Fishermen Commission (KNTI) said that burning down vessels would only punish operators, not foreign entrepreneurs or corporations which would bring more […]
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Mismanagement by government, Indonesia lost 1.13 million ha of natural forest per year
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – A new report revealed on Thursday (11/12) Indonesia lost as much as 1.13 million hectares of its natural forest per year. The report, dubbed as The State of Indonesia’s Forest 2009 – 2013, was set up by Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI), an independent forest watchdog based in Bogor, West Java. Based on […]