“Indonesia berpotensi menjadi pemain utama dalam tatanan politik dunia di masa depan,” ujar Chalid Muhammad dari Institut Hijau Indonesia. “Dengan syarat memiliki kedaulatan penuh termasuk kedaulatan atas air, pangan, energi, serta kenekaragaman hayati hutan hujannya,” lanjutnya menanggapi realitas pembangunan di Indonesia yang makin tersandera oleh kepentingan pihak asing. Chalid juga menegaskan bahwa setidaknya terdapat tiga […]
About 4,000 residents from Serui Laut, Pasir Putih and Pasir Hitam villages in Yapen Islands regency still lack access to clean water, a Papuan council member said. “Clean water is an urgent need for people in the three villages. Serui Laut community (people who live by the sea) get the water from Pasir Hitam village which […]
About 300,000 wild animals, which equals 17 percent of the total world animals are predicted to inhabit Indonesian islands although the country only makes up about 1.3 percent of the world’s land. In total, Indonesia has 515 species of mammals and more than 1539 species of birds. [Continue reading on Tempo]
Fires that occured in the field owned by PT. Kalista Alam at the region of Suaka Bahong, sub-district Darul Makmur, Nagan Raya District, Aceh, has caused suffering to the surrounding environment. It was submitted by a forest fire expert, Bambang Hero Saharjo on criminal proceedings of case 131/Pid.B/2013/PN MBO at the District Court of Meulaboh, Tuesday […]
The intensity of sand excavations at Lampu Satu Beach and surrounding areas has resulted sea abrasion, but when many houses of local community were affected by seawater, some people blamed it on Mbuti people. This story also appeared in Tabloid Jubi [Continue reading on Tabloid Jubi]
The Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation Agency (PVMBG) in Bandung had lowered the status of Mount Kelud from ‘Alert’ to ‘Caution’. “Starting from 16:30 pm, Mt. Kelud’s status has become ‘Caution’ from the previously ‘Alert’,” said the Chief of Mt. Kelud Observation Team, Umar Rosyadi in Margomulyo Village, Kediri Regency, toTempo on Friday. [Continue reading on Tempo]
Peatland fires in eastern Sumatra, Indonesia, in recent weeks are again creating thick haze in the region, closing schools, canceling flights, and leading to the arrests of farmers accused of lighting the fires. The return of fires this month, however, has illustrated the need for long-term, holistic solutions to the haze issue. [Continue reading on Cifor]
Gunung Kidul Regional Government eyes for investments in tourism area while awaiting geopark status confirmation from UNESCO. “We have begun to discuss the investment discourse, maintaining its geopark directives,” said the Chief of Gunung Kidul Regional Development Planning Agency Syarif Armunanto. [Continue reading on Tempo]
Pemerintah Provinsi (Pemprov) Riau diminta untuk menetapkan status darurat kabut asap Kebakaran Hutan dan Lahan (Karhutla). Kebijakan ini dilakukan guna mempercepat penanganan bencana ekologis yang semakin parah melanda Provinsi Riau.
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. This story also appeared in Tabloid Jubi [Continue reading on Tabloid Jubi]
