Aceh legislative denies that Leuser Ecosystem Zone (KEL) and Mount Leuser National Park has been removed from the spatial layout plan, saying it was now under an integral part of forest in Aceh. “The concept is forests of Aceh,” said Adnan Beuransyah, head of Commision A in Aceh Legislative.
Category: Kalimantan
Surabaya Mayor Denies the ‘Zoo of Death’ News
Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini did not comment too much on the Daily Mail‘s “Zoo of Death” dubbing for Surabaya Zoo (KBS). “The condition is far more better than before. I say this with God as my witness,” said Risma on Friday, December 27.
Lembaga Wali Nanggroe will manage the forest
Aceh House of Representative has decided that Lembaga Wali Nanggroe will manage the forest. The forest areas, according to the latest spatial layout plan, include 2,938,579.83 hectares protected forest and 2,949,506.83 for cultivation.
Planting Trees, Reaping Motorcycles
In Kalumpang, West Sulawesi, a person may be allowed to apply for a motorcycle ownership credit after planting a tree. Local residents rushed to apply for the credit after attending a familiarization event of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Program.
15 Percent of East Nusa Tenggara’s Coral Reef Damaged
The WWF Indonesia’s Solor-Alor Program noted a decline in the quality and health of coral reefs in East Nusa Tenggara waters. The decline, averaging at 14.99 percent, was discovered through a survey by Mantatow in 2013 in the waters of Alor. In East Flores, the only 22 percent of its ecological baseline is in healthy […]
More Wild Birds Discovered on Java Island
The Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY) contains 67 percent of Java’s wild birds. In 1995, there were only 140 recorded wild birds in this region, yet by 2013 as many as 338 wild birds were discovered. There are 508 types of wild birds on the island of Java.
Rawa Tripa Residents Form Group to Save Environment
As many as 150 villagers from seven villages around the carbon-rich Rawa Tripa form a group to save the environment. “This is a notion from the community, particularly to rescue peat swamps in Darul Makmur,” said the Chairman of the group care for the Rawa Tripa environment, Ibrahim.
Police Uncover Illegal Log Factory
The Tasikmalaya Resort Police, West Java, raided two illegal storehouses and a wood processing factory in Gunung Kalong Village, Cibeureum and Jl. Letnan Harun, Indihiang district last Thursday. The teak woods (Tecona grandis) in the factory is believed to be obtained from illegal logging in the land belong to state-owned forestry company Perum Perhutani, Tasikmalaya Administrator […]
Court Releases Two People Feasting on Orangutan Meat
The Pontianak District Court on Tuesday granted the release of Hanapi and Ignatius, two men arrested for suspicion of eating orangutan meat. Chief justice Erwin Tjong ruled the arrest of the two defendants was unlawful as law enforcers did not have a search warrant when they searched their home.
African Lion Cubs Die in Riau Zoo
Three African lions (Pantera leo) cubs which were born at Kasang Kulim Kampar Zoo, Riau, on November 24, had finally died. The three babies gave up in different times; one of the cubs lived for five days, but unfortunately could not be saved.