Klaten, Ekuatorial – Thousands of apes were seen storming out from Mount Merapi, in Central Java, allegedly caused by long dry season, said a local villager on Wednesday (15/10). “These apes are considered very unique because they rarely leaving the mountain, unless it’s a critical situation,” said Djemakir, head of Sidorejo village, Klaten, Central Java. […]
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Riau government failed to protect their forests, audit says
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Not only seventeen companies in Riau were found incapable of preventing forest fires, the audit also revealed that local governments have failed to protect their areas, said Bambang Hero Saharjo, chief of the National Joint Team on Company Compliance, on a press conference on Friday (10/10). The team had just released an […]
Heat strikes Sorong of West Papua
Sorong, Ekuatorial – Temperature rising has led to clean water scarcity in Sorong of West Papua, an area considered to have never experienced dry season. The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BKMG) recorded the temperature in Sorong increasing significantly for the past ten years in the same month. “Based on the data, there’s an increase […]
52 percent world’s biodiversity loss, Indonesia needs to make changes
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – As world’s biodiversity decline sharply for the past forty years, Indonesia needed to change its production and consumption patterns to avoid further environmental destruction, said CEO WWF-Indonesia Efransjah, in Jakarta, on Friday (10/10). Talking at the WWF Living Planet Report 2014 Launching, Efransjah said that Indonesia has become too ambitious to become […]
Central Kalimantan Police declared 110 suspects over forest and land fires
Palangka Raya, Ekuatorial – Central Kalimantan police announced 110 suspects over forest and land fires on Friday (10/10), in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. “More than 100 suspects over land fires have been detained. They are still undergoing legal process, either for crime and civil [charges],” said Central Kalimantan Police Chief Bambang Hermanu adding that 106 […]
Walhi filed a judicial review on Aceh’s spatial planning law
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Indonesian Forum for the Environment or Walhi filed a judicial review on Aceh’s spatial planning law to the Supreme Court, on Thursday (9/10), in Jakarta. “We have filed [the judicial review] to the Supreme Court at 11am. It is an effort to save Aceh’s environment from massive extractive development and destructive investment,” […]
Indonesia’s development goes green in five years time, says official
Jakarta, Ekuatorial — Despite of recent development, senior official said that Indonesia would be able to include environmental awareness within five years time. The statement issued by Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, head of Presidential Working Unit for the Supervision and Management of Development (UKP4), at a discussion on infrastructure in Jakarta, Tuesday (7/10). Mangkusubroto said that infrastructure […]
Antara : Two directors named suspects in Riau forest fires
Pekanbaru, Antara – Police announced two directors of PT National Sago Prima, as suspects for allegedly burning lands and forests in Meranti island, Riau province, on Tuesday (7/10). “One suspect is the president director and the other one is the general manager. After a thorough investigation, we declared them as suspect,” said deputy special crime […]
Only seven districts have acknowledged customary forest
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Despite supported by Constitutional Court, there were only seven districts have acknowledged customary forests through their regional regulation, said activists in Jakarta, on Thursday (2/10). The 2012 Constitutional Court, popularly known as MK35, had granted judicial review by activists to scratch the word ‘state’ in the customary forest definition. Activists argued that […]
Massive encroachment pushing orangutan Kalimantan to the ocean
Pangkalanbun, Ekuatorial – Thousands of orangutans in Tanjung Putting National Park of Central Kalimantan were being pushed to the oceans as their habitat constantly encroached and deforested by oil palm plantations and mining industries, said an activist on last Thursday (25/9). “[We are facing] boundaries issues as the National Park covered 415,040 hectares of which […]