Palangka Raya, Ekuatorial – Central Kalimantan police announced 110 suspects over forest and land fires on Friday (10/10), in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. “More than 100 suspects over land fires have been detained. They are still undergoing legal process, either for crime and civil [charges],” said Central Kalimantan Police Chief Bambang Hermanu adding that 106 […]
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Walhi filed a judicial review on Aceh’s spatial planning law
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Indonesian Forum for the Environment or Walhi filed a judicial review on Aceh’s spatial planning law to the Supreme Court, on Thursday (9/10), in Jakarta. “We have filed [the judicial review] to the Supreme Court at 11am. It is an effort to save Aceh’s environment from massive extractive development and destructive investment,” […]
Indonesia’s development goes green in five years time, says official
Jakarta, Ekuatorial — Despite of recent development, senior official said that Indonesia would be able to include environmental awareness within five years time. The statement issued by Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, head of Presidential Working Unit for the Supervision and Management of Development (UKP4), at a discussion on infrastructure in Jakarta, Tuesday (7/10). Mangkusubroto said that infrastructure […]
1,000 residents relocated to make way for Jakarta Giant Sea Wall project
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Jakarta Deputy Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama said on Tuesday (7/10) that the city administration will be relocating as much as 1,000 residents living in the eastern part of Pluit Dam, North Jakarta. “The relocation must be finished at least by the end of this year as we will start the Giant […]
Antara : Two directors named suspects in Riau forest fires
Pekanbaru, Antara – Police announced two directors of PT National Sago Prima, as suspects for allegedly burning lands and forests in Meranti island, Riau province, on Tuesday (7/10). “One suspect is the president director and the other one is the general manager. After a thorough investigation, we declared them as suspect,” said deputy special crime […]
Only seven districts have acknowledged customary forest
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Despite supported by Constitutional Court, there were only seven districts have acknowledged customary forests through their regional regulation, said activists in Jakarta, on Thursday (2/10). The 2012 Constitutional Court, popularly known as MK35, had granted judicial review by activists to scratch the word ‘state’ in the customary forest definition. Activists argued that […]
Massive encroachment pushing orangutan Kalimantan to the ocean
Pangkalanbun, Ekuatorial – Thousands of orangutans in Tanjung Putting National Park of Central Kalimantan were being pushed to the oceans as their habitat constantly encroached and deforested by oil palm plantations and mining industries, said an activist on last Thursday (25/9). “[We are facing] boundaries issues as the National Park covered 415,040 hectares of which […]
Ministry of Forestry under fire for lack of transparency
Jakarta , Ekuatorial – Green activists on Tuesday (30/9) criticized Ministry of Forestry for its lack transparency on information for public. Based on Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI) data, Ministry of Forestry only received 17 requests for information in 2013. The number increased to 62 requests between January to August 2014. However, the ministry had only […]
Yogyakarta mapped out dry-season-affected areas
Yogyakarta, Kabarkota.com – The Yogyakarta Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) mapped out 24 sub-districts affected with water crisis as the result of drought. Head of the agency Gatot Saptadi said that 24 sub-districts comprised of 15 sub-districts in Gunung Kidul, four sub-districts in Bantul, four sub-districts in Kulon Progo and one in Sleman. “For Yogjakarta, […]
Burning Barns and Growing Barns
Providing open access to conservation areas for communities could reduce land conflicts, increase people’s welfare, and protect the environment. It has been proven by the ability of indigenous people to manage the sustainability of their forests and seas. Sorong, Ekuatorial – Enos Sakaipelly stared at the water rushing in and out beneath the pier of […]