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Category: Environment

Hazy Jakarta skies by Vital Strategies 2019

Air pollution gives rise to ailments, including reproduction health for women

By Glenys Octania January 6, 2023January 6, 2023

Air pollution has been found to have impacts on women’s reproductive system. More study needed to better inform public health policy.

Incinerator protest by WALHI DKI Jakarta

Why communities are opposing Japanese incineration in Southeast Asia

By Nithin Coca December 20, 2022December 22, 2022

Indonesia looks to incinerator to manage its waste in major landfills. While waste pickers want better empowerment, fair wages, and access to social and health services.

Telaga Karst di Kepulauan Aru

Cattle ranching may threaten karts ecosystem, water resources in Aru, Indonesia

By Florence Armein October 29, 2022December 1, 2022

Development of large-scale cattle ranching in Trangan, the largest island in Indonesia’s South Aru district, may threaten its water resources.

‘We hide while working’: The life of children spraying poison on a pulp plantation

By Tonggo Simangunsong May 26, 2022June 7, 2022

Living in cramped barracks with no access to education, these are the children earning $6 a day at one of Indonesia’s most profitable paper companies.

Waste banks, one of the solutions in waste management

By Rama Maulana May 6, 2022June 22, 2022

Community-led waste banks can be key in tackling waste in the upstream. If optimised, more than 70% of Jakarta’s waste does not need to end up in Bantargebang.

Wildlife trade in North Sulawesi and the threat of zoonoses 

By Finneke Wolajan March 4, 2022March 18, 2022

North Sulawesi has a high risk of disease transmission from wild animals to domestic livestock and humans. Apart from the rich biodiversity of the island, the local habit of meat consumption exposes communities to zoonotic diseases.

Safety concerns, pay gap, among key findings in EJN gender research

By January 27, 2022January 28, 2022

Gender research in Pakistan, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines underlines barriers women face both as journalists and sources for the media.

Aeshnina Azzahra (14), melakukan aksi bersama para aktivis muda saat perhelatan KTT COP26 UNFCCC di Glasgow.

Aeshnina Azzahra: Everyone, including children, has a right to clean life

By December 11, 2021January 19, 2022

The 14-year-old girl from Gresik has inspired the young generation to fight for the right to a clean life by caring about environmental sustainability.

Global race for electric car components is threatening indigenous peoples in North Maluku

By Andre Barahamin November 27, 2021December 4, 2021

Indonesia is keen to benefit from the global demand for nickel but seems to be ignoring the social and environmental impact of mining it.

Growing demand for sand endangered the Bengawan Solo River and local communities along its banks

By Parto Sasmito November 8, 2021November 30, 2021

Sand mining activities along the banks of the Begawan Solo River have led to many negative environmental impacts in the region, from noise pollution to infrastructure damage to dangerous riverbank erosion.

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