Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Failed to pass a new law this year, indigenous people’s alliance is pushing the government to establish a task force to set up framework for acknowledging rights of indigenous people, said Abdon Nababan, a secretary general of Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), in Jakarta, on Monday (16/2). “AMAN has been […]
Karanganyar, Ekuatorial – Massive deforestation at Lawu Mountain of Central Java led to clean water scarcity, said an expert on Thursday (12/2), in Karanganyar, Central Java. “Research through aerial photo shown that vegetation in Lawu Mountain do not qualified as sufficient water catchment areas. The Lawu forest which majority covered with pine trees are now […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – DKI Jakarta Governor, Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama, on Thursday (12/2) said that they were planning on proposing a budget to buy a helicopter intended to evacuate people living in outer islands of the province. “If there’s money and approved by Jakarta’s house of parliament, we want to buy helicopters that would be […]
Manado, Ekuatorial – Mount Soputan of North Sulawesi erupted on Wednesday (11/2) morning but no significant threats to local villages, said a villager. “It [Mount Soputan] had erupted for six times for these past two months and it always followed by heavy rains. [However] villages’ activities are still normal,” said Ruland Sandag of Silian villager, […]
Sorong, Ekuatorial – Indonesian government sank down another ship caught stealing fish in Misool water areas of Raja Ampat district, West Papua, said an official, on Tuesday (10/2). Thanh Cong 99612, a 330 tons Vietnam ship, was caught stealing and storing 44 dead turtles, 400 kg of fish, 700 kg of dried stingrays, 200 kg […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – After three days of rain, nearly 6,000 people evacuated and 97 sub-districts inundated by flood, said an official, in Jakarta, on Tuesday (10/2). The hardest hit North Jakarta with the largest evacuees of 2,518 people, followed by East Jakarta and West Jakarta. All of evacuees are located in 14 shelters. “There are […]
Palangka Raya, Ekuatorial – Despite of Indonesia’s agency to reduce emission from deforestation and degradation dissolved into the ministry of environment and forestry, Central Kalimantan would not abandon its position as a pilot province of the program, said an official in Palangka Raya, on Monday (9/2). In 2010, Central Kalimantan was appointed as a pilot […]
Solo, Ekuatorial – With bad weather continues to hit Central Java, farmers are left battling pests in their paddy fields on their own as local officials have yet to receive any reports on the condition. “Around eight hectares of paddy fields are attacked by golden apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata lamarck ) and four hectares must […]
Palangka Raya, Ekuatorial – US government will grant half a billion dollars to support Indonesia’s effort to reduce carbon emission, said Robert O Blake Jr, US Ambassador to Indonesia during his two days work visit to Central Kalimantan, on Thursday-Friday (5-6 Feb). Blake said that the grant will be disbursed into a program called Indonesia […]
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