One of the places that make Indonesia known as the world’s leading exporter of shark fins is a fish auction market of Tanjung Luar located in East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). In this auction, each day, dozens, even hundreds, of sharks and rays in a range sizes being unloaded from 70 ships coming from […]
The Environment Health Engineering and Disease Control of the Ministry of Health is conducting air quality measuring on several spots in Kediri, East Java which is affected by Mount Kelud’s volcanic dust after the eruption. The air quality is believed to be harmful for the refugees, especially for those who wear no masks. [Read full […]
The Central Java Cultural Heritage Conservation Center (BPCB) started on Monday to clean several temples affected by the Mount Kelud eruption. The temples include Plaosan, Sewu, Sojiwan and Merak, which are located in the Prambanan temple area and are badly affected by volcanic ash.
Authorities at Adisutjipto International Airport, Yogyakarta, have closed the airport since Friday morning following to rain of ashes from Mount Kelud. Continue reading to Antara.
Reports that parts of the Lorentz National Park have been damaged because of new road construction needs to be investigated, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Papua Director Benja Mambay said. Benja also said the Minister of Forestry has issued a permit but an environmental impact analysis was still being conducted. This story also appeared […]
The rate of forest and land destruction in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) is still quite large. The extent of 507 thousand hectares consists of 230 thousand hectares in forest area and 277 thousand hectares outside the forest region. Whereas forest area is 1,071,722 hectares or 53.14 percent of the entire NTB land on which reached […]
The distribution of hotspots in Riau, based on Satellite NOAA18, since Tuesday (11/2) until Wednesday morning (12/2) showed an increase. In Riau recorded 243 hotspots, while in Aceh 75, and 74 hotspots in North Sumatra. This condition causes visibility in Riau only 1 km. Even on Tuesday (11/2) visibility less than 500 m. [Read full […]
Peatland where located in Kayee Lon, in the border region between Aceh Jaya and Aceh Barat, burned. Precisely at the border of Teunom subdistrict, Aceh Jaya, with Arongan Lambalek Subdistrict, Aceh Barat.
The haze from forest and peatland fires in Riau has begun to disrupt flight schedules at Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in Pekanbaru as well as forcing a number of schools to close. Thick haze in Pekanbaru on Tuesday caused maximum visibility at only around 500 meters. At least five flights at Sultan Syarif Kasim […]
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