Aceh Guvernor: Close All Illegal Mines

Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah confirms that illegal gold mining activities in the District Geumpang, Pidie district, Aceh should be closed. The ban was related to the death of millions of fish in some streams in Aceh. Read full text on Acehterkini.

River Pollution Gets Worse

In order to commemorate the world water day in March, 22, the Ministry of environment (MOE) publish the monitoring results of river water quality throughout Indonesia. Based on monitoring in 57 river in 33 provinces, the conclusion is 80 % river polluted with heavy, light and medium level. This result was worse than the percentage […]