Manado, Ekuatorial – Heavy rains with strong winds hit Manado city of North Sulawesi from Saturday to Sunday causing at least three thousands people leaving their flooded houses to safer places, said an official on Sunday (11/1). Based on Manado administration, floods affected Komo Luar sub-district with 221 families or 992 people, Pinaesaan sub-district with […]
Manado, Ekuatorial – North Sulawesi’s wildlife rescue center had been granted a total of US$25,000 from US government for its effort on conservation and rehabilitation during 2014. The funding, equals to Rp 316 million, was also aimed to fight illegal wildlife in Indonesia, in cooperation with North Minahasa Natural Resources Conservation Agency and the police, […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Indonesia’s head of forest conservation initiative dubbed as REDD+, or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, Heru Prasetyo on Friday (9/1) denied rumors that the agency would be merged into Climate Change Control Directorate General under the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. However, Prasetyo did confirm that he had met Minister […]
The situation is much different compare to then Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf. During his time, he said, government was led to climate change issues. This story also appeared in Atjeh Post Forced eviction of villagers living at Leuser National Park is blasted as new colonialism from the government as they had signed an agreement related […]
Manado, Ekuatorial – Soputan volcanic mountain of North Sulawesi erupted and spewed volcanic ashes on Tuesday (6/1). The six-kilometer tall of materials hit at least nine districts in the mountain. The nine districts were East Tombatu, North Tombatu , Silian Raya, Touluaan, Tombatu Raya, Pasan, Ratahan, East Ratahan, and Belang. Meanwhile three districts, — Ratatotok, […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Susi Pudjiastuti claimed that illegal fishing dropped to 90 percent at the end of 2014. “By the end of 2014, illegal fishing went down to 90 percent. We expect to be 100 percent for Indonesia’s fishermen sovereignty,” said Pudjiastuti at the 2014 Reflection and 2015 Outlook […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Indonesia’s national disaster mitigation agency, or BNPB, predicted that floods, landslides, drought, forest fires, and tornado, would most likely to happen again in 2015, said an official, on Tuesday (30/12). Based on BNPB record on 2014, 99 percent of disasters happened in Indonesia were related to weather changes or hydro-meteorological disasters. Dodi […]
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 […]
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