Category: Java

Geothermal Exploitation in Rajabasa Mountain can Cause Water Crisis

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Rajabasa mountain exploitation for geothermal management assessed will cause the destruction of nature, such as loss of spring water sources. The exploitation can make the South Lampung regency, especially in the area of ​​three districts, namely Penengahan, Kalianda, and Rajabasa will experience a water crisis. Civil society Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) regretted the forestry ministry […]

Maros-Pangkep Protection Forest Mined

By Florence Armein

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 […]

Government Firmness Tested by Chevron in The Judicial of UU PPLH

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Law on Environmental Protection and Management (UU PPLH) materially tested by the General Manager of South Sumatra Light (SLS) Minas PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia (CPI), which has been found guilty in corruption case against CPI bioremediation project by the Jakarta Corruption Court judges on October 17, 2013. He reasoned that UU PPLH contrary to the […]

REDD+ Needs to Consider The Potential Of Production Forest

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A general view about the production forest as the region that frequently occurs deforestation for the economic needs is true. However, production forest able to reduce carbon emissions like other forest. It expressed by the Director of Forestry Business Development, The ministry of forestry, Auria Ibrahim in the discussion “The Role of Production Forests in […]

Shipment of Cocoa Bean from Papua Continues to Decline

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Papua Province Agriculture Department data shows that since 2010-2013, shipments of cocoa bean from Papua has been declined about 67.5 percent, due to fruit borer pests of cocoa plant attack and a lack of understanding of the farmers. For example, in 2010 as many as 4,639,493 kg cocoa bean fell to 2.00863 million kg. Some […]

Tornado Wrecks Houses in North Aceh

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Rain and strong winds that occurred during one hour resulted in two homes in the Village Matang Seuke Pulot, Sub-district Tanah Jambo Aye, North Aceh damaged. Tornado struck around 13:00, Sunday (04/27/2014). Sub-district government will distribute aid in the forms of emergency tents and groceries. [Read full text on Aceh Terkini]

Banyuwangi Government Approved Gold Mine EIA

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East Java Provincial Government has approved the issue of environmental impact assessment (EIA) of PT Bumi Suksesindo, a company that will exploit the gold mine at Mount Tumpang Pitu, Sub-district Pesanggaran, Banyuwangi Regency. “Today I just received the approval document,” said the head of the Environment Agency of Banyuwangi, Husnul Khotimah, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. […]

Research will be Key to Unlocking Indonesia Haze Crisis

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The haze crisis in Indonesia, particularly over Sumatera, still need more research to unravel the complex governance and socioeconomic context and climatic feedbacks behind fires on peatlands. It needs to be examined for the underlying causes and impacts of peatland fires, focusing on the role of conflicts over land ownership between communities and companies; impacts […]

Rural Environmental Income on par with Crop Income, Study Finds

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Natural forests and wildlands across 58 tropical research sites provide 28 percent of total household income — nearly as much as crops — according to a new study by the Poverty and Environment Network (PEN) and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR). The study, titled “Environmental Income and Rural Livelihoods: A Global-Comparative Analysis,” is […]