This story also appeared in Submitted news Authorities has reportedly confiscated five tons of wood from Ule Pulo, Dewantara, North Aceh, on June 7. The logs allegedly cut down from Teupin Reusep protected forest areas in North Aceh.
Some conservationists now propose combining protected areas with logging concessions to sustain larger forest landscapes than possible via protected areas alone. This approach has the merit of generating income and employment — arguably making it easier to gain political and public support for conservation. Timber harvesting in Indonesia’s logging concessions is selective. Generally, this leaves […]
At least 1.1 million hectares (2.72 million acres) of protected forest areas in North Maluku may disappear. This threat comes from the high number of mining licenses issued by district chiefs or regents every year. Read full article in Tempo.
PT Freeport Indonesia contract was extended from the supposedly ended in 2021, became even longer until 2041. Although the extension of the contract would be signed in 2019, the government ensure that the contract extension agreement will be included in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to be signed prior to the administration of President Susilo […]
Today the Meulaboh District Court held a hearing fire case of Tripa peat swamp that drags PT Kalista Alam as a suspect. Agenda for today’s hearing is the reading demands of the PT Kalista Alam and Khamidin Yoesuf, Development Manager PT Kalista Alam as defendant. Continue reading on Atjehlink.
Head of South Sulawesi Environment Agency (BLHD), Hasbi Nur reported that air pollution in Makassar is still high up to 87.83. Hasbi believes that the condition was due to the increase of vehicles populations. Read full article in Tempo.
The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) in East Java has claimed to have recorded massive and systemic environment destruction in East Java during the 2013 and mid of 2014. “There are at least 187 ecological disasters happened in 804 villages that icludes all of regencies/towns in East Java,” said East Java Walhi’s Chairman of […]
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. This […]
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 […]
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