Bekasi Fishermen found a land emerged from the sea forming a new island with two-kilometer length and 15-meter width. The merged-land is located two kilometers from Sederhana beach, Bekasi, and becomes crowdedly visited by people. A community leader, Runci, explained that the phenomenon occurred for the first time in Bekasi northern coast. He speculated that the […]
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7 Elephant Skeletons Found in Tesso Nilo
Skeletons of seven elephants have been found in the area of Tesso Nilo National Park (TNTN) in Pelalawan, Riau. The elephants, predicted to have died three months ago, consist of one female, one male and five cubs. The dead elephants were found in the PT RAPP concession area, Baserah sector, Ukui district. The male elephant lost […]
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Mount Kelud’s alert status downgraded
As of Thursday, the alert status of Mount Kelud in East Java, which erupted Thursday night last week, has been downgraded from the highest level, Awas (Danger), to Siaga (Alert), as the volcanic activity has gradually decreased. Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry’s Geological Agency head Surono said there was no indication that the volcano would erupt […]
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Moratorium Fails to Save Papua Forest
Charles Tawaru, Greenpeace campaigner for Papua forests said in the last two years many new concessions, particularly industrial plantation forests (HTI) and palm oil plantations, had been issued. Such plantations encroaches natural forest areas. [Continue reading on Tabloid Jubi]
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Indonesian environmentalists reject deforestation map
The Global Forest Watch 2.0, an interactive platform to track global deforestation in near-real time data, was launched on Thursday aimed to provide reliable and up to date data that can help in better forest policies and management. Developed by the World Resources Institute, the University of Maryland, Google, the UN Environment Program and other […]
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Biosphere Reserve Forests in Riau Endangered
Giam Siak Kecil and Bukit Batu biosphere reserve forests in Bengkalis Regency, Riau have become endangered due to forest fires that occur over the last two weeks. “[The fires] have burnt around 1,000 hectares and they keep spreading,” Bengkalis Police chief Adjunct Senior Commissioner Andry Wibowo told Tempo on Thursday, February 20, 2014. [Continue reading on Tempo]
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E. Java residents warned of cold lava material
As dark clouds gather in the East Java sky, the stability of 50 million cubic meters of cold lava material on the slopes of Mount Kelud after it erupted last Thursday is causing anxiety. “The rain could easily endanger people living in the lowland areas,” National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) central data and information unit head […]
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Number of hotspots in Riau doubles
The number of hotspots of forest, plantation and peatland fires in Riau reached 256 on Wednesday morning, more than double the 126 of the previous day. Of the 281 hotspots detected across Sumatra Island, 256 were found in Riau, Slamet Riyadi, the head of the Pekanbaru meteorological, climatology and geophysics agency (BMKG)’s data and information section, […]
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Satellites Detect 126 Hotspots in Riau
Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysiscs Agency (BMKG) claimed to have seen an increase at the number of hotspots in Pekanbaru, Riau. “Tera and Aqua Satellites Observation discovered 126 hotspots in Riau,” said BMKG Analyst Agus Widodo. Earlier on Monday, BMKG detected merely 81 hotspots. Link to full story in Tempo.
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Compensation for Montara Oil Spill Victims in NTT
Senator Rachel Siewert of Parliement House Canberra pledged to fight for compensation for fishermen in West Timor, East Nusa Tenggara as victims of the oil spill caused by the Montara oil refinery explosion on August 21, 2009. “I came here to get some input related to the disaster suffered by people due to the Montara […]