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 […]
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 […]
Researchers from Indonesia Climate Change Center-ICCC stated that Indonesia could be exporters of biofuels (BBN) in the world, if using the degraded land or critical land properly. However, the development of BBN only work on bio-diesel, whereas bioetanol failed. Whereas, serious implementation of bioetanol may be the solution of the energy deficit in Indonesia, as […]
Human Rights Foundation Against Violence (YAHAMAK), Mimika, is planning to sues the government of the Republic of Indonesia and Papua provincial government to the International Court of Justice, related to the implementation of the Act No. 4 of 2009 on Mineral Mining, Energy and Coal, were assessed without an obvious solution. They assess its obscurity […]
Seven miners were killed and five were unaccounted for following a landslide that occurred at a traditional gold mining site in Baya Biru, Paniai regency, Papua, on Tuesday at around 11 p.m. local time. Two other miners survived the incident. This story also appeared in Submitted news “The incident took place in the middle of […]
Soybeans from Papua, produced by farmers in the area of Nimbokrang and Keerom, not much preferred by Papuan tofu and tempe producer. They prefer soybeans from Java rather than local because the quality is better. Papua soybean production in 2014 according to the forecast figures I estimated at 3,622 tons of dry beans (BK), a […]
Residents complained about the amount of garbage in every corner of the Nabire City. In some major connecting roads, garbage is piling up the road. This is because the city has no landfills and its inadequate waste disposal facilities. Residents hope Nabire Government immediately fix the garbage problem in urban areas. This story also appeared […]
Indonesia is now the state with the highest deforestation rates in the world and goes beyond Brazil. Although the government has issued a moratorium on deforestation in May 2011, in fact, deforestation in Indonesia is growing rapidly instead. Not surprisingly, Indonesia has now become the third largest producer of gas emissions in the world. Read […]
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) announced on Wednesday that haze from forest and land fires in Sumatra has begun to move toward Singapore and Malaysia. This story also appeared in Submitted news Head of the agency’s Kuala Namu data section, Mega Sirait, said that the potential for the haze to reach Singapore and […]
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