Humans are predicted to be producing up to 12 billion waste by 2050. While each year, at least 8 million tonnes of plastics leak into the ocean. Among this mass waste is microplastic – a plastic with less than five millimeter diameter that is making its way into the human body system. It enters through bottled water, tap water and cosmetics.
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From Marine Surveys to Hydroponic Farming, an Initiative to Food Independence for Urban Cities
For engineer Syahruddin and wife Tri Mulyani, farming started out as a hobby. But with peer support and an increasing demand for healthier lifestyle and produce, their Omega hydroponic farm is helping their community to become more aware of and resilient to environmental degradation and climate change. Read their story.
After decades of exploitation, Java on brink of ecological crisis
A group of concerned scientists, researchers, environmentalists and agrarian activists launched a petition on Tuesday calling on the government to take aggressive action to stop what they deemed the ongoing ecological destruction in Java. The group urged President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to instruct the state-owned enterprises and environment and forestry ministries to review the environmental […]
Carbon stored in indigenous people’s territories: map
How much carbon stored in indigenous peoples’ territories? An analysis released this week at the climate talks in Paris concludes that 20.1 percent of the carbon stored in tropical forests around the world which owned or claimed by the indigenous people. If we consider only the tropical forests in the Amazon Basin, Mesoamerica, the Democratic […]
Drought hit 39 villages in Wonogiri, Central Java
Wonogiri, Ekuatorial – Wonogiri Disaster Management Agency gave out drought early warnings for 39 villages in eight sub-districts, — Giritontro, Pracimantoro, Paranggupito, Manyaran, Eromoko, Nguntoronadi, Giriwoyo and Selogiri – for this year. “We have mapped out areas prone to drought in Wonogiri and added one more [area], which is Selogiri as it was also hit […]
Hundreds of mining permits surround North Sulawesi
Manado, Ekuatorial – Despite of strong rejection from green activists, North Sulawesi government kept on issuing permits for mining in the area, said an official recently. Up to March, local government had already issued at least 145 Mining Business Permits, or locally known as IUP. “Up till now, there are 145 permits issued [by the […]
Residents chase away illegal miners digging in their residents
Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – Fearing of landslide, citizens of Bandarlampung have been chasing away illegal gold miners in their resident areas,” said a local resident, in Bandarlampung, on Tuesday (10/3). Umri, a local resident, said that there were no longer illegal gold miners in his home located in Sukabumi sub-district of Bandarlampung city. “We are worried […]
Father and son developed eco-pesticide changing conventional farming of East Aceh
East Aceh, Ekuatorial – After five years of experiment, two farmers of East Aceh district developed environmentally friendly pesticide for their paddies establishing different way of farming. Jafar, 55 years old farmer of Seulemak Muda village of Nurussalam sub district, and his son of 25 years old, Agusnaini started out their experiment after most of […]
Agricultural land Threatened Out In 2149
Director General of Infrastructure and Facility Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture,Gatot Irianto said that remaining farmland in Indonesia is only 8.1 million hectares and will threatened out in 2149. That threat caused by increasing speed of land conversion up to two times larger than the target of making new field per year. Read full text on […]
Papua Soybeans not Preferred in Papua
Soybeans from Papua, produced by farmers in the area of Nimbokrang and Keerom, not much preferred by Papuan tofu and tempe producer. They prefer soybeans from Java rather than local because the quality is better. Papua soybean production in 2014 according to the forecast figures I estimated at 3,622 tons of dry beans (BK), a […]