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 […]
Category: Java
REDD+ Needs to Consider The Potential Of Production Forest
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Environmental Law Enforcement Sector Should be Emphasized
“There is no fire due to dry weather, 98 % investigation result, fire land caused because there’s someone who burns, said Sudariyono, Deputy of Legal Environment, Ministry of Environment (MOE) on the morning discussions at the BBPT Jakarta (15/4). MOE is currently working in law enforcement related cases land burning in Riau since June 2013. […]
Marine Development Is Not Yet A Priority
As the world’s largest archipelago, Indonesia is not paying enough serious attention to the marine sector. This is expressed by International Maritime Law experts, Prof. Hasjim Djalal, at a discussion, Jakarta, Saturday (5/4). He compares it with China and Russia, that is only have a few territorial waters. Currently, the two countries are doing a […]
Equity Remains Low on the REDD+ Policy Agenda
Government officials in forest-rich developing countries are more concerned about their nation being treated fairly in international negotiations on REDD+ than about fairness within their own territory, a media analysis of public discourses on REDD+ has found. Officials’ failure to address the issues that weaken fairness, or equity, within a country with entrenched inequalities could […]