Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Amid euphoria, tens of thousands people gathered to celebrate presidential inauguration left behind wastes, especially plastic, at Jakarta’s National Monument, on Monday (20/10). Since morning, people have been flooding main areas, starting from National Monument, Thamrin, Sudirman, to Hotel Indonesia round to celebrate Indonesia’s seventh president and vice president, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo […]
Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – Declining forest areas had increased elephant and human conflict in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, in Lampung, said an activist recently. Ali Rizqi Arasyi, Park Management Coordinator of WWF Project Lampung, said that habitat loss triggered elephants ravaging villagers’ plantations and houses, especially Sukaraja village of Tanggamus district, Pemerihan and Sumberejo villages […]
Klaten, Ekuatorial – Thousands of apes were seen storming out from Mount Merapi, in Central Java, allegedly caused by long dry season, said a local villager on Wednesday (15/10). “These apes are considered very unique because they rarely leaving the mountain, unless it’s a critical situation,” said Djemakir, head of Sidorejo village, Klaten, Central Java. […]
Sampit, Ekuatorial – As rivers dried up due to long dry season, local villagers in Central Kalimantan were facing difficulties to get their basic necessities, said a villager recently. The condition hit hardest for Mentaya river in Antang Kalang village of East Kotawaringin district, Samba river in Marikit and Katingan Hulu of Katingan district, and […]
Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – Dealing with water scarcity, researchers with civil society in Lampung province pushing local people to implement biopores program, said an activist in Bandarlampung, on Tuesday (14/10). Biopores, or Biopori in Indonesian are small holes drilled into the ground, at least one meter deep, which would be able to absorb water into the […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Not only seventeen companies in Riau were found incapable of preventing forest fires, the audit also revealed that local governments have failed to protect their areas, said Bambang Hero Saharjo, chief of the National Joint Team on Company Compliance, on a press conference on Friday (10/10). The team had just released an […]
Sorong, Ekuatorial – Temperature rising has led to clean water scarcity in Sorong of West Papua, an area considered to have never experienced dry season. The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BKMG) recorded the temperature in Sorong increasing significantly for the past ten years in the same month. “Based on the data, there’s an increase […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – As world’s biodiversity decline sharply for the past forty years, Indonesia needed to change its production and consumption patterns to avoid further environmental destruction, said CEO WWF-Indonesia Efransjah, in Jakarta, on Friday (10/10). Talking at the WWF Living Planet Report 2014 Launching, Efransjah said that Indonesia has become too ambitious to become […]
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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