Aceh legislative denies that Leuser Ecosystem Zone (KEL) and Mount Leuser National Park has been removed from the spatial layout plan, saying it was now under an integral part of forest in Aceh. “The concept is forests of Aceh,” said Adnan Beuransyah, head of Commision A in Aceh Legislative.
Category: Forests
Lembaga Wali Nanggroe will manage the forest
Aceh House of Representative has decided that Lembaga Wali Nanggroe will manage the forest. The forest areas, according to the latest spatial layout plan, include 2,938,579.83 hectares protected forest and 2,949,506.83 for cultivation.
Planting Trees, Reaping Motorcycles
In Kalumpang, West Sulawesi, a person may be allowed to apply for a motorcycle ownership credit after planting a tree. Local residents rushed to apply for the credit after attending a familiarization event of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) Program.
Rawa Tripa Residents Form Group to Save Environment
As many as 150 villagers from seven villages around the carbon-rich Rawa Tripa form a group to save the environment. “This is a notion from the community, particularly to rescue peat swamps in Darul Makmur,” said the Chairman of the group care for the Rawa Tripa environment, Ibrahim.
Police Uncover Illegal Log Factory
The Tasikmalaya Resort Police, West Java, raided two illegal storehouses and a wood processing factory in Gunung Kalong Village, Cibeureum and Jl. Letnan Harun, Indihiang district last Thursday. The teak woods (Tecona grandis) in the factory is believed to be obtained from illegal logging in the land belong to state-owned forestry company Perum Perhutani, Tasikmalaya Administrator […]
Dead Springs Along Mount Arjuna
For the past 20 years, dozens of water springs on the slopes of Mount Arjuna in Pasuruan district, East Java, have been considered dead springs, or springs that no longer produce water. Out of 41 springs, there are currently only 11 functioning. The destruction of the Raden Soerjo protected forest (Tahura) is considered to be […]
New flasher wrasse species discovered in Indonesia
A new fish of the flasher wrasse species with striking orange color and rounded fins has been found in Indonesia’s coral reefs, a conservation group announced Wednesday. The species was named Paracheilinus rennyae in recognition of the scientific contributions of ichthyologist Renny Kurnia Hadiaty from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences.
IJREDD+ Project targeting four forest areas in West Borneo
Forest resources in four West Borneo regencies: Pontianak, Ketapang, Kayong Utara, and Kubu Utara, including Palung Mountain National Park, were targeted for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) project by Ministry of Forestry and Japan government.
How an Indonesian Peatland Project Is Offering a New Way to Curb Forest Fires
The residents of Jabiren faced a nervous wait in October last year as fires raged in the peatlands around their village. “Fire stormed this area — including that land across from here,” said Muhrizal Sarwani, the head of the Agricultural Land Resources Agency (BBSLDP), pointing at an abandoned field across a nearby ditch. “All other […]
Oil palm expansion causing problems in C. Kalimantan: WALHI
The illegal expansion of oil palm plantations carried out by palm oil giants in Forest Land Use Plan (TGHK)-based forest areas in Central Kalimantan has continued to spark disquiet among local residents. Director of the Central Kalimantan chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI), Arie Rompas, said in Jakarta on Sunday that as […]