Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – As increasing population living surrounding protected forest areas, officials started to launch awareness campaigns for local people to move out from the forest, said an official, in Bandarlampung, Lampung province, recently. Based on Lampung Statistic Agency, the province’s population living near forest areas had risen significantly for the past ten years, from […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Scientists on Monday (29/12) dubbed climate change as big threat for Indonesia’s food security as there were decreasing pollinators leading to declining plants productivity. “With three to nine percent natural pollinators decreasing can contribute to drastic decline of crops and plantation productivity. Even a research in US stated that pollination by bees […]
East Aceh, Ekuatorial – Four villages of East Aceh district were isolated due to floods caused by heavy rains for the past week, said a local villager recently. The four villages, — Tampo Bor village, Tampor Paloh village, Melidi village and Ranto Naru village –, are located at Simpang Jerning sub district of East Aceh, […]
Langsa, Ekuatorial – At least thirteen villages in Aceh Tamiang district were inundated by floods as heavy rains pouring down since last week. They were Suka Jadi and Terban of Karang Baru sub-district, Kampung Durian and Alur Manis of Ranto sub-district, Kampung Kota and Kota Lintang Bawah of Kota Kuala Simpang sub-district, Meneng Gini of […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Indigenous People’s Alliance of the Archipelago or AMAN submitted 517 maps of customary lands to ministry of environment and forestry hoping to speed up legalization of customary rights, said secretary general of AMAN, Abdon Nababan, on Monday (22/12), in Jakarta. “These maps are very important for indigenous people to be recognized. Land […]
Langsa, Ekuatorial – At least 25 villagers of Aceh Tamiang district will be learning theories and practices about agriculture in Babo village, Bandar Pusaka sub-district, at the Field School for the first time, said the coordinator of the event, recently. Different from conventional learning, Field School will be teaching eco-friendly agriculture, including on how to […]
Muara Teweh, Ekuatorial – World Wide Fund (WWF) spotted rhino’s footprints in East Teweh sub-district, North Barito district of Central Kalimantan, said a researcher in Muara Teweh, on Wednesday (17/12). “Our camera trap manage to record not only footprints of elephants but also rhinos,” said Habraham, WWF researcher adding that video trap was installed in […]
Karanganyar, Ekuatorial – Eight sub-districts of Karanganyar district, Solo, Central Java, were categorized as high prone to landslides, said an official, in Karanganyar, on Wednesday (17/12). The eight sub-districts, — Jatipuro, Jatiyoso, Tawangmangu, Matesih, Karangpandan, Ngargoyoso, Kerjo, and Jenawi –, were located at slopes of Mount Lawu. At least 65 people were killed because of […]
SLEMAN (kabarkota.com) – Civil engineering lecturer at Gadjah Mada University, Wahyu Wilopo, encouraged people living in the hills to increase their alertness especially when rain intensity reach 50 mm/hours or pouring down more than two hours. This story also appeared in Kabar Kota He said the condition was potentially for landslides to happen as occurred […]
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