In addition to employment figures, the government has very few data on the exact number of people who have benefited from the forest. The report of “Global Forest Conditions”, reveals that in the formal forest sector employs 13.2 million people and at least 41 million people work in the informal sector. Better measurements are crucial […]
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Three Companies Investigated in Forest Fire in Riau
Ministry of environment (MOE) until July, noted at least 1.308 hotspots scattered in West Kalimantan and 662 hotspots in Riau arising due to opening land by burning. MOE’s notes until the beginning of August 2014 shows, there are 26 companies with 29 cases in Riau Province associated with the Karhutla (Land and Forest Fires). From […]
Forest Loss Undermine Food Security In Indonesia
Forest loss just does not help food security in Indonesia, according to a high official World Food Programme (WFP), food assistance agency of the United Nations. Indonesian food supply chain focused on rice, corn and other cereals rich in energy but low in nutrients, said Myrta Kaulard, WFP country director in Indonesia. Read full text […]
Forestry Minister Expect That Burner Actors In Riau Caught Soon
Minister of Forestry, Zulkifli Hasan arrived in the post airfield Roesmin Nurjadin Tuesday morning (5/08) to see the development and progress of disaster smoke task force Riau. He asked that the names of the actors burner forest in Riau that captured by media always reported, so the law enforcement process to be open. Read full […]
Environment Destroyers Fined Rp 32 Billion
Supreme court action to punish environment destroyers was welcomed by many parties. The responsible company due to that destruction are PT Selatnasik Indokwarsa and PT Simbang Pesak Indokwarsa. Both of them will be fined 32 billion rupiah, The trees in wildlife sanctuary was cut down, the soil was massively dregded until 13 meters depth, and […]
Gunungkidul Farmers Participate in Carbon Stocks Measuring
Suratimin, the founder of Semoyo Pembaharu Farmers Alliance in Gunungkidul has acquired the skill to estimate carbon stocks in the forest managed by the people. Suratimin learnt the skill after his one-year involvemnet in the carbon stocks estimation and monitoring done by the Alliance of Volunteer for Nature Rescue (Arupa) in 2010. Read full text […]
Thousands of Fish in Krueng Geumpang, Pidie, Died Suddenly
Thousands of fish in Krueng Geumpang, Pidie, died suddenly during a three-day backward. Assumptions of the fish died, because of mercury and cyanide waste from gold mines owned by the people in the region and Geumpang Mane. Read full text on Atjehlink.
Publishing Permits in Mining Sector Lots of Trouble
Civil society coalition for transparency and accountability in governance of extractive resources of oil and gas, mining and natural resources, Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Indonesia, said the mining sector (extractive) is one of the leading sector in the most troubled in all provinces of Indonesia, especially related expenditure mining license. Read full text on […]
Actors of Forest Fires In Riau Should Be Punished
More than 70 percent of fires occur outside the forest area. 99 percent of land and forest fires are due to human intentionally burned. Despite repeated smoke haze in Riau occurred every year, but the fact of forest fire are still happening. Based on the observation satellites Terra and Aqua recorded 286 hotspots in Sumatra […]
The Degenerate of Javan Lutung Population in Malang
The population of Javan Lutung (Trachypithecus auratus) on the slopes of Mount Arjuna, Malang, East Java was decreased according to a monitoring from Protection of Forest and Fauna or Profauna. This is occur due to constriction of Lutung habitat caused by the widespread of fields and farms. Survey by Profauna in January-July of 2014 found […]