Medical waste from hospitals and clinics in the city of Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) not everything can be destroyed. It is feared that such waste can be a threat of transmission of various diseases. “It is the location of the medical waste treatment has not kept pace with medical waste generated,” said the head […]
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Maros-Pangkep Protection Forest Mined
A total of five companies listed mining exploration in the protected areas Maros-Pangkep without thinking about the environmental aspects. “There are five mining companies in the region Maros and Pangkep operating in the protected area. Course this is potentially damaging to the environment,” said Head of Management Ecoregion (PPE) Regional Sulawesi and Maluku, Darhamsyah, Thursday […]
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Sumatran Tiger Cubs Born in Medan Zoo
The Sumatran tiger (Panthera Tigris Sumaterae) belonged to Medan Zoo, called Si Manis, has given birth to four cubs on Wednesday. The birth becomes the fourth times for the 15-year-old female tiger and it was an impressive record, since not many of Sumatran tigers could give birth to four cubs at one birth. Until the […]
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Green Development Awareness Improved
Awareness to implement eco-friendly lifestyle is growing, also in property sector. Since officially formed in 2010, GBCI (Green Building Council Indonesia) as an institution that is given the authority to verify green building already gave a certificate to at least 10 buildings, where four of them got platinum predicate, the highest value given to the […]
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Zero Deforestation Doesn’t Drag Development
To produce without sacrificing forests is no longer an illusion, said Bustar Maitar, the head of Greenpeace’s forest campaign, with optimistic on the event Forests Asia Summit at Shangri-La Hotel Jakarta, Tuesday (6/5). The statement is referring to the reality that Indonesia’s economy is growing up, although forest moratorium policy already imposed by President Susilo […]
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Forests Asia Summit: Agriculture and Forestry Shouldn’t Become An Enemy
In recent decades, Southeast Asia is an area that is constantly working to strengthen food security and reduce poverty. But to improve food security, the expansion of agriculture at the expense of forests and biodiversity continue to occur. Dietrich Schmidt Vogt senior researchers of World Agroforestry Centre in one of the Forests of Asia Summit […]
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Agriculture and Forestry to Mitigate Climate Change, IPCC Chairman Talks
The agriculture and forestry sectors play a crucial role in climate change mitigation, the world’s top climate change expert said Tuesday (6/5), calling for action ahead of the next round of negotiations on a new agreement to replace the Kyoto Protocol. “The path we have to follow is very clear if the world wants to […]
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Oil Palm Companies Evicts Locals Plantation in Sambas
Sambas residents and Front of Locals Defenders society of West Kalimantan reported to the police that there are several companies in Sambas district that has seized public land property. Public land already planted with rubber plantation evicted into palm oil plantation. Some of the companies mentioned, for example PT. SAM, Agro, and some companies in […]
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Lorentz National Park Status as World Heritage Threatened Terminated
Deforestation in Papua is threatening natural reservation programs that carried out at the Lorentz National Park and UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) may revoke its status as a world heritage site. The government has implemented several efforts to preserve the world heritage sites in order to satisfy UNESCO. [Read full text on […]
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Evacuation Route of Mount Merapi Eruption Badly Damaged
Evacuation route of eruption of Mount Merapi in the village Kepuharjo, Cangkringan, Sleman District, Yogyakarta Special Region is currently in a badly damaged condition. If not immediately repaired, it is feared could hinder rescue in the event of increased activity of Mount Merapi. [Read full text on Kabar Kota]