Cheerful faces of Napajoring’s villagers, Nassau, Toba Samosir Regency, North Sumatera, welcoming delegation comes from afar. They’ve been waiting since the morning, even Governors, heads of Department and District Government staff Tobasa already stay overnight in Nassau to set everything up. It’s reasonable because this remote village, rarely visited by officials, moreover, from Jakarta. The […]
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Reclamation of Mined Land in West Bangka not yet Started
Council Member of West Bangka Regency, Bangka Belitung Islands, asks PT Timah Tbk to seriously handle mined land reclamation program which covers tens of thousands of hectares in the area. Currently, those mined land was still open all such desert, arid, barren and abandoned. Whereas, obligation to carry out mined land reclamation is set in […]
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Landslides in Bogor, 6 Killed 5 People Buried Houses
Torrential rains that began Monday (16/6) at 9 pm until morning caused a landslide in Kampung Neglasari, Mekarwangi Village, Cariu subdistrict, Bogor regency. As a result of this incident, 6 people were confirmed dead, and 5 houses buried by landslides. Head of Data Information and Public Relations of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Sutopo […]
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Management of Marine Protected Areas in East Lombok
Wildlife Conservation Society – Indonesia Program (WCS IP) in collaboration with the Department of Marine and Fisheries, East Lombok, identifying and inventory of marine conservation management in East Lombok. Program coordinator of Lombok – WCS IP, Tasrif Kartawijaya said, fisheries and tourism potential should be developed with the principle of preservation, protection, and sustainable use. […]
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Nomenclature loss on KEL reported to the EU Ambassador
A number of environmental activists in Aceh claimed that there’s a number of fundamental environmental issues been ignored by Aceh Government in preparing Qanun Aceh Spatial Plan, which was approved in the end of 2013 ago by Aceh Parliament (DPRA). Such as, the loss of the nomenclature of the Leuser Ecosystem Area (KEL) in the […]
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Bogor Faces Landfill Problems
Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto complained about the trashes piling up in several landfill locations in the City. He complained because the piles are consisting of not only trashes that produced by Bogor, but also trashes “smuggled” by people outside the city. Continue reading on Tempo
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Papua Government Must Explain Current Condition of Papua Forest
The Papua provincial government should inform the public about the conditions of forests, an environmental group said. When Barnabas Suebu served as governor he dedicated 90 percent of Papua’s forests to efforts to mitigate climate change, but illegal logging has continued, said the director of Resource Management Development (RMD) Institute, Robert Mandosir, in Jayapura on […]
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Kelud Farmers Protest Land Disputes
Dozens of farmers in the mountain slopes of Kelud, District Ngancar, protest to the National Land Agency (BPN) Kediri. The protest concerned a dispute over land with the plantation company Sumbersari Petung and government. The land of 250 hectares which falls to the public according to the court, in practice only 230 hectares were released […]
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73 Percent of Rivers in Indonesia Polluted
Deputy Minister of Public Works Hermanto Dardak said that 73 percent of 53 rivers in Indonesia are polluted. “Most of the pollution is caused by organic materials and 11 rivers contain aluminum,” he said on Monday, June 16, 2014. Read more in Tempo. .
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More Bird Species Found After Mt Merapi Eruption
The diversity of bird species inhabiting the slope of Mount Merapi has increased after the eruption in 2010. The Forest Ecosystem Controlling Coordinator of Mount Merapi National Park (TNGM) said the last data showed there are currently 164 types of bird species living in the volcano area.