Field to Forest Protection, Forest Service Central Aceh, Zulfan, said, 80 percent of the potential of mining in the district was in the forest. “If the mine area were all in the woods, this is very dangerous and can have an impact on society and the environment if not managed properly,” said Zulfan. Read full […]
Category: Java
Aceh Governor Held A Coffee Morning With Environmental Activists
Aceh Governor Dr. Zaini Abdullah held a coffee morning with environmental activists from several Non Governmental Organization (NGO). In that occasion, to the NGO activists, Zaini Abdullah explains a few things related to illegal mining. “Regarding Illegal Mining, this time we’ve made the moratorium, especially iron ore, gold and others. The governor also said that […]
Vandana Shiva: Our Seed Our Future
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – The seed is the starting point of a food system. When the seed is ruled by some group, then the food system will be controlled by that group. This was disclosed by Vandana Shiva, an eco-feminists, philosophers, writers, scientists and activists of the world from India at a public lecture entitled “Our […]
Measure The Role Of Forests In Climate Adaptation
We all know that forests play a role in mitigating climate change. However, we don’t know what kind the ability of forest that can help us to adapt to climate change? This knowledge gap has prompted a study of forest-based rural community strategy in a bid resilience against climatic variations across three continents. Preliminary results […]
Agricultural land Threatened Out In 2149
Director General of Infrastructure and Facility Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture,Gatot Irianto said that remaining farmland in Indonesia is only 8.1 million hectares and will threatened out in 2149. That threat caused by increasing speed of land conversion up to two times larger than the target of making new field per year. Read full text on […]
The REDD+ Management Agency Explains the Status of Demonstration Activities in Indonesia
SIEJ, Jakarta – In 2009, Indonesia voluntarily declare is committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2020 by 26 % on own efforts or reached 41 % with international aid. As part of this commitment, the Government formed REDD+ Management Agency who confirmed by the president on August 31, 2013 through the Presidential […]
Mining Exploration In Aceh Has Been Out Of Control
Policy that discourse by the Governor of Aceh about a moratorium on mining in Aceh should be supported. Mining moratorium is believed to minimize the environmental problems that increasingly massive happening due to mining activity. Mining exploitation in Aceh has been out of control. Read full text on Atjehlink.
Three Companies Investigated in Forest Fire in Riau
Ministry of environment (MOE) until July, noted at least 1.308 hotspots scattered in West Kalimantan and 662 hotspots in Riau arising due to opening land by burning. MOE’s notes until the beginning of August 2014 shows, there are 26 companies with 29 cases in Riau Province associated with the Karhutla (Land and Forest Fires). From […]
Forest Loss Undermine Food Security In Indonesia
Forest loss just does not help food security in Indonesia, according to a high official World Food Programme (WFP), food assistance agency of the United Nations. Indonesian food supply chain focused on rice, corn and other cereals rich in energy but low in nutrients, said Myrta Kaulard, WFP country director in Indonesia. Read full text […]
Actors of Forest Fires In Riau Should Be Punished
More than 70 percent of fires occur outside the forest area. 99 percent of land and forest fires are due to human intentionally burned. Despite repeated smoke haze in Riau occurred every year, but the fact of forest fire are still happening. Based on the observation satellites Terra and Aqua recorded 286 hotspots in Sumatra […]