The story of a village that was hit by drought, disease, and water difficulty, turned into a healthy village with abundant clean water. Water has made them achieve many things. Surprisingly, who became pioneer are children. The rainy season should have been passed in Lembata and the sun shining properly burns the skin. But Dikesare, […]
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Accurate mappings support REDD+ programs in Indonesia
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Lack of accurate mappings on lands and oceans had triggered conflicts in the country, said a senior official on Tuesday (9/9), in Jakarta. Geospatial information is crucial to determine forest area stipulation, set up boundaries, spatial planning, legal certainty on land ownership, disaster risk reduction, even to observe earth’s changes. Unfortunately, only […]
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Southeast Sulawesi police confiscated 250 illegal teak logs
Southeast Sulawesi police confiscated 250 illegal teak logs on Tuesday (9/8) after the truck driver failed to show legal documents. The driver, who was named as a suspect, was arrested at an industrial forest area located in Matabubu Jaya village, Konsel district, Southeast Sulawesi. Read full article on sultranews.com
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Failed to pay royalties, Bombana government reported mining companies to anti-corruption commission
Nearly all mining companies in Bombana district of Southeast Sulawesi failed to pay royalties prompted local government to report them to the Corruption Eradication Commission, or known simply as KPK. Currently, there are 89 mining companies with legal permits operating in the district. However, head of Bombana Mining and Energy Agency, Yusuf Lara, said that […]
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Only two days apart, two Sumatran elephants found dead in Aceh
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 […]