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March 17, 2015

No legal status for customary lands in Indonesia

Sorong, Ekuatorial – Though already submitted customary land maps to the government, no legal status has yet to be declared over these areas, said an activist on Monday (16/3), in Sorong, Papua. “There isn’t any process related to acknowledging customary land maps because government has yet to issue regulations on these maps,” said Kasmita Widodo, […]

March 12, 2015

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 […]

March 11, 2015

Alert status for three volcanoes in North Sulawesi

Manado, Ekuatorial – Two volcanoes, Lokon mountain in Tomohon and Karangetang mountain in Siau Tagulandang Biaro (Sitaro) district, have been raised to alert status after Soputan mountain erupted again last week, said an official on Tuesday (10/3). Yudia Tatipang, head of Karangetang Mountain Monitoring Post, said that volcanic activities were fluctuating and they were still […]

March 9, 2015

Marine conservation areas in Indonesia reaches 16.5 million hectares

Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Director of Conservation Area and Fish of the Ministry of Marine and Fisheries, Agus Dermawan, claimed that marine conservation areas in Indonesia have reached 16.5 million hectares from the target of 20 million hectares by 2020, in Jakarta, on Saturday (7/3). “After being initiated in 1980s, marine conservation areas have reached 16.5 […]

March 7, 2015

Virus attacks shrimp farms in Lampung

Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – The largest shrimp farm in Southeast Asia, Bumi Dipasena, is being threatened by white feces disease due to increase demands, said an official, on Friday (6/3), in Bandarlampung. After reports on many shrimp deaths, Lampung marine and fisheries agency conducted a research and found that South Lampung, East Lampung, and Dipasena were […]

March 7, 2015

Relocation for people living in Langsa watershed to overcome floods

Langsa, Ekuatorial – Langsa administration planned to relocate people living in Langsa watershed areas to overcome floods coming every year, said Iskandar Syukri, head of Langsa Disaster Mitigation Agency, on Thursday (5/3), in Langsa. “Normalizing Langsa river will not solve the problem. It is much efficient to elevate embankments and construct concrete embankments permanently which […]

March 4, 2015

Growing population leads to increasing waste in Manado

Manado, Ekuatorial – Head of Manado department of sanitation and urban landscaping said on Tuesday (3/2) that the city’s waste volume has been increasing for the past four years resulted from growing population. “In 2014, it [the volume] had already passed 980,865 cubic meters and [we] predicted that it will continue to increase this year,” […]

March 2, 2015

600 hectares of protected forest turn into community forest

Airmadidi, Ekuatorial – No less than 600 hectares of protected forests in North Minahasa would be turned into community forests where people might be able to manage forest products but were not allowed to cut its trees, said Joppy Lengkong, head of North Minahasa Forestry Agency, on Saturday (1/3). “We have already proposed for 600 […]

February 28, 2015

Klaten to built four volcano control centers

Klaten, Ekuatorial – To monitor volcanic activities of Mount Merapi, four Operation Control Center will be built in Klaten of Central Java, said Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, head of Data and Information of National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), on Thursday (26/2), in Klaten, Central Java. The centers will be equipped with 24 hours monitoring system using […]

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