Four local villages in Tabonji District, Papua, open farmland to grow rice. These four villages are Bamol, Yeraha, Suam Satu, and Suam Dua. Their hard work in the past few months resulted in a very satisfactory harvest. Now, people in Tabonji District do not expect the help of rice for poor or raskin anymore. [Read […]
Category: REGION
Indonesia Needs High Accuracy Peat Map
To protect peat as potential carbon storage, Indonesia prepared high accuracy peat map. The map later became the main reference, so there is no overlap between land and peat area management. Currently, according to the Coordinator of Peat Cluster and Peat Mapping of Indonesia Climate Change Center (ICCC) Eli Nur Nirmala Sari, the peat coverage […]
Thousand of Mangroves Planting in Coastal of Aceh
Planting a thousand of mangroves has been done in the village of Alue Deah Teungoh, Meuraxa sub-district, Banda Aceh, in commemoration of the World Environment Day yesterday (5/6). Activity was initiated by public organization Indonesian Environmental Forum or WALHI with participation of locals, students and environmental communities in Banda Aceh. This activity is carried out […]
Jakarta Post: More protection needed for peatland
Environmental activists have warned the government to be cautious about converting peatland into crude palm oil (CPO) plantations, as it could have a detrimental long-term impact.
MOE Prepares Carbon Certification For Mangrove
Although many researches have shown that mangrove gives potential contributions for carbon emissions reduction, Indonesia not fully ready to certify carbon. The problem is, the current mangrove program yet have unified calculation. Deputy Assistant of Coastal and Marine Environmental Degradation Control, Ministry of Environment, Nursiwan Taqim said, the last three years mangrove certification program known […]
Strengthening Coastal Society for Marine Conservation in Lemito
In the past, environmental degradation in the coastal village of Lemito, Sub-district Lemito, District Pohuwato, Gorontalo was in poor condition. There was also widespread fishing activities that damage the environment. Now, a program of Indonesia Coral Reef Action Network will be developed in there. The program has components that consists of coastal society strengthening and […]
Building a Village with Alternative Energy
Harapan Jaya village in Sub-district Tempuling, Indragiri Hilir District, Riau Province, developing alternative energy in the form of biogas. This biogas generated from cow dung and can improve the economy, waste utilization, and train villagers for eco-friendly living. [Read full text on Gurindam12]
Sydney Morning Herald: PaperOne’s environmental pledge sparks race to clear Sumatran forest
The website of PaperOne features pictures of tropical forests and a claim that the copy paper company is “protecting high conservation values”. On the ground in Sumatra, though, the chainsaws and excavators are rushing to mow down tropical forest on delicate peat swamp to feed fibre to its mills.
Pora-Pora Fish in Lake Toba Near Extinction
Concerns have arisen that Pora-pora fish in Toba Lake water in North Sumatra could be near to extinction, Antara reported. The endemic fish has been massively exploited without a proper measure of supervision. “The government should brief the fishermen to only catch certain and large-sized fish, so that pora-pora population can be conserved,” said M […]
Ignoring the rule, PT Bososi Pratama Still Distrubutes Nickel
Moratorium on the mining sector that announced by the government seems to ignore by PT Bososi Pratama, one nickel mining company in North Konawe. The company still operates by distributing nickel out of the Southeast Sulawesi. This activity of PT Bososi is known by police who immediately conduct field operations [Continue Reading: Suara Kendari].