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January 24, 2015

Local initiative set up waste bank to save the environment

Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – Started out from concerns over piled up waste in the beach of her neighborhood, Rini Oktaviani turned things around when she introduced waste bank to people of coastal area of South Panjang, Bandarlampung around four months ago. Rini, who is a housewife and a green activist, said that she had started out […]

January 23, 2015

Raja Ampat to have its forest mapped out digitally

Sorong, Ekuatorial – As digital map availability for forest area was still limited, Fauna Flora International or FFI held basic training to map out Raja Ampat forest area which already started on Wednesday (21/1). The workshop also involved local civil society and Raja Ampat Region 1 Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA). “The mapping will not […]

January 23, 2015

Ministry of Environment and Forestry accepted Court ruling over its law

Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Ministry of Environment and Forestry stated that it had respected Constitutional Court on granted the appeal on the 2009 Law on Environmental Protection and Management. “Ministry of Environment and Forestry accept and respect the Court decision and will make adjustment in the law to be able to implement the decision,” said Rosa […]

January 22, 2015

Constitutional Court granted appeal for environment law judicial review

Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Indonesia’s Constitutional Court had granted the appeal on the country’s Law on Environmental Protection and Management, on Wednesday (21/1), in Jakarta. The appeal was submitted by Bachtiar Abdul Fatah, former General Manager of Sumatra Light South on PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia, who was also convicted for bio remediation corruption case on the […]

January 21, 2015

Govt needs to protect biodiversity : Kehati Foundation

Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Indonesia’s local biodiversity food was threatened as a result from weak food security planning from government, said an activist in Jakarta, on Tuesday (20/1). MS Sembiring, executive director of Kehati Foundation, said plants such as sago, taro plant, and yam can be found in Papua and Maluku, tubers can be found in […]

January 17, 2015

One orangutan carcass found in Central Kalimantan

Palangka Raya, Ekuatorial – An orangutan was found dead allegedly from a trap near Parigi village, Mendawai sub-district, Katingan district, Central Kalimantan, said an activist on Friday (16/1). “We have a report from friends on field that there was an orangutan got killed because of pig trap in a village,” said Mamun Ansori of Central […]

January 15, 2015

Ministry of Environment and Forestry arrested one man suspected in Riau illegal burning

Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Ministry of Environment and Forestry arrested a man allegedly involved in forest fires, in Pekanbaru, Riau, on Wednesday (14/1). Mastur alias Asun, Director of PT Kurnia Subur, has been named as suspect along with his colleague, Darmalis alias Malis, for illegally burning 300 hectares of lands to prepare for oil palm plantation […]

January 13, 2015

Polluted Bengawan Solo river disrupts its ecosystem

Solo, Ekuatorial – Polluted Bengawan Solo river of Central Java not only unsuitable for consumption, but it was also affecting its biodiversity, especially fishes, said a scientist, in Solo, Central Java, on Tuesday (13/1). Puguh Karyadi, a lecturer at Ecology Department of Solo’s Sebelas Maret University, said that the ecosystem of Bengawan Solo river watershed […]

January 12, 2015

Five killed and 25 injured as tree collapsed at Bogor Botanical Garden

Jakarta, Ekuatorial — Five killed and 25 injured as a tree collapsed during a group meeting at Bogor’s Botanical Gardens on Sunday (11/1). Four of the victims were killed on Sunday and the last victim, Rizki Nurmawan, died on Monday (12/1) due to head injuries. Meanwhile, seven people are still being treated at Red Cross […]

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