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March 3, 2014

Hakatutobu Coastal Contaminated by Mine Waste

Environmental damage occurs along the coastal of Hakatotobu village, Southeast Sulawesi, due to sedimentation of red mud mine waste. Mud seems to redden the sea water, contaminating seaweed farms owned by local fishermen. The distance between the hills so close to the sea coast area of Hakatutobu. Thus, if the clearing is done, impact directly […]

February 28, 2014

Nickel Mining Threatens Pomalaa Fishermen

Coastal areas of Hakatutobu Village, Pomalaa, Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi damaged by runoff of red mud from nickel mining land clearing activity. Seaweed and sea cucumber fishermen are inhibited to do their work, their livelihoods are threatened. Demonstrations conducted by locals, but the company still rated the guarantee of no worth. [Read full text on Suara […]

February 27, 2014

Surya Panen Subur Company Ready for Fires Trial

Company of Surya Panen Subur (SPS) expressed their readiness to face a lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Environment and the Presidential Work Unit for Monitoring and Control of Development alleged land combustion and fire omission. The trial will be held in the District Court of Meulaboh early March this year. SPS counsel explained that […]

February 26, 2014

Gunung Kidul Awaits UNESCO Decision on Geopark

Gunung Kidul Regional Government eyes for investments in tourism area while awaiting geopark status confirmation from UNESCO. “We have begun to discuss the investment discourse, maintaining its geopark directives,” said the Chief of Gunung Kidul Regional Development Planning Agency Syarif Armunanto. [Continue reading on Tempo]

February 25, 2014

[:id]Pemprov Riau Didesak Tetapkan Status Darurat

Pemerintah Provinsi (Pemprov) Riau diminta untuk menetapkan status darurat kabut asap Kebakaran Hutan dan Lahan (Karhutla). Kebijakan ini dilakukan guna mempercepat penanganan bencana ekologis yang semakin parah melanda Provinsi Riau.

February 24, 2014

Ten Corporation Involved in Riau Land Combustion

Ministry of Environment set up 10 people suspected of corporations for alleged in combustion land case which led to smoke calamity in Riau in 2013. Deputy for Environmental Law Regulation Sudariyono said overall determination of the suspects carried out in late 2013. [Read full text on Bijaks.com]

February 22, 2014

7 Elephant Skeletons Found in Tesso Nilo

Skeletons of seven elephants have been found in the area of Tesso Nilo National Park (TNTN) in Pelalawan, Riau. The elephants, predicted to have died three months ago, consist of one female, one male and five cubs. The dead elephants were found in the PT RAPP concession area, Baserah sector, Ukui district. The male elephant lost […]

February 21, 2014

Moratorium Fails to Save Papua Forest

Charles Tawaru, Greenpeace campaigner for Papua forests said in the last two years many new concessions, particularly industrial plantation forests (HTI) and palm oil plantations, had been issued. Such plantations encroaches natural forest areas. This story also appeared in Tabloid Jubi [Continue reading on Tabloid Jubi]

February 20, 2014

Indonesian environmentalists reject deforestation map

The Global Forest Watch 2.0, an interactive platform to track global deforestation in near-real time data, was launched on Thursday aimed to provide reliable and up to date data that can help in better forest policies and management. Developed by the World Resources Institute, the University of Maryland, Google, the UN Environment Program and other […]

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