Two more elephants found dead without tusks and heads in Jambo Reuhat village, East Aceh, on Monday (8/9). Officials were startled by the findings as only two days before they have found a male elephant carcass in Krueng Sabee, Aceh Jaya. Teams have been sent out for further investigation. Read full article on Atjehpost.co.
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Officials dispatched team to investigate Sumatran elephant death
Aceh officials dispatched forensic teams on Monday to investigate elephant’s death in Krueng Sabee, Aceh Jaya district, Aceh province. Villagers discovered a male elephant carcass in the Sungai Cengkeh forest areas, located in Pangong village, Aceh Jaya, on last Saturday (6/8). Idrus, a local villager, said that the 20-year-old elephant might have been dead for […]
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Tulamben facing degradation over too many divers, scientist says
Bali, Ekuatorial – Lack of control and infrastructure, Tulamben diving site may face environmental destruction in not so distant future, said a scientist on Friday (29/8), in Bali. Tulamben, a small fishing village located in the north-east coast of Bali, has been a favorite diving site for divers who are eager to explore the wreckage […]
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Government of North Buton Provide 10 Thousand Hectares of Sugarcane Plantation
The Government of North Buton District prepared 10 thousand hectares of land for sugarcane plantations in the District of West Kulisusu, Bonegunu and partly Kulisusu. The land comes from the community garden, otheh area usage (APL) and convertible production forest (HPL). “The entire site has been prepared and met the requirements, even when the community […]
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WALHI Will Sue Aceh Goverment
Director of WALHI in Aceh, Muhammad Nur firmly said that WALHI will sue the Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah because they don’t run the law No. 18 year 2013 about the Prevention and Eradication of Forest Destruction. “The illegal miners freely use protected areas, other cases of road infrastructure development in the protected forest areas has […]
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Thousands of traditional Aceh miners slammed the governor for gold mining ban
Thousands of miners of Pidie District staged a protest refusing gold mining sites shut down by Aceh governor Zaini Abdullah, on Saturday (30/8). Traditional miners coming from Tangse, Mane, and Geumpang sub districts insisted that that their activities have nothing to do with recent fish deaths in several Aceh rivers. In addition, they demanded for […]
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Ministry of Environment upgrade its clean city award category
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – The Ministry of Environment promised to revitalized its clean city awards following criticisms on the low credibility of the program, said a senior official. The clean city award, dubbed as Adipura award which was launched since 1986, is under heavy criticisms for being not truly reflecting the cities’ performance on environment and […]
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The Mayor Of Gorontalo Learn To Manage Waste In Kendari
Gorontalo Mayor Marten A. Taha learn to manage waste in Kendari. According to him, the Government of Kendari was successful in manage waste and get Adipura Kencana Trophies. Gorontalo mayor hopes, the study of waste management in Kendari, he is able to regain the Adipura trophy as it had been obtained in 2004, 2005, 2006 […]
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Climate Change and Health (III)
Being breeding grounds for mosquitoes infected malaria and dengue fever, Ternate and Cimahi started to act up against these diseases. Besides fogging program, Ternate Health Agency also initiated a free-give-away nets program for citizens to be installed in their house ventilation with the hope to clear away mosquitoes. In addition to the net program and […]
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Disease and Climate a New ‘Partner in Crime’
Even with smile on his face and the agility of an eleven year old, Syahrul can never be too tired or symptoms of malaria can recur. Syahrul’s father, Alim, said that his son has malaria relapsed for seven times if he got too tired. Ekuatorial, Ternate – Although Alim said that his house was clean […]