Banda Aceh, Ekuatorial – Setelah bertahun-tahun perjuangan melalui jalur hukum, Pemerintah Provinsi (Pemprov) Aceh akhirnya menyatakan area rawa gambut Tripa sebagai wilayah yang dilindungi, Sabtu (21/3), seperti yang dinyatakan dalam rilis media dari Tim Koalisi Penyelamatan Rawa Tripa (TKPRT). Pada tahun 2012 , rawa gambut Tripa menjadi berita utama internasional setelah kebakaran besar terjadi di […]
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Pemerintah Belum Akui Peta Wilayah Adat
Sorong, Ekuatorial – Berdasarkan data dari Badan Registrasi Wilayah Adat (BRWA) Desember 2014 ada 517 peta wilayah Adat seluas 4, 8 juta hektare (ha) yang telah di laporkan ke Kementerian Lingkungan HIdup dan Kehutanan (KLHK), hanya sayangnya hingga Senin (16/3) status peta wilayah adat tersebut masih belum jelas. Pemerintah Terima 517 Peta WIlayah Adat Padahal […]
Adakah Korupsi pada Program KBR?
Niat awal pemerintah menyediakan bibit tanaman hutan dan jenis tanaman serbaguna Purpose Trees Species (MPTS) lewat program Kebun Bibit Rakyat (KBR) layak di ajungi jempol. Mengacu pada Permenhut No.24/Menhut-II/2010 dan perubahannya serta yang terakhir No.12/Menhut-II/2013, KBR dilaksanakan secara swakelola oleh kelompok masyarakat, terutama masyarakat pedesaan. Bibit hasil KBR digunakan untuk merehabilitasi lahan kritis, kosong, tidak […]
Ministry of Environment and Forestry launched public complaint center
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – The Ministry of Environment and Forestry on Thursday (12/3) launched complaint mechanism to deal with cases related to environment and forestry, in Jakarta. Public can submit their complaints or share information related to environment and forestry issues through the ministry’s website http://pengaduan.menlhk.go.id, sent email [email protected] or call and SMS to 0811-932-932. In […]
Court released a man suspected in Riau illegal land burning
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya, said on Thursday (12/3) that they will appeal on the court’s decision to release a land and forest fires suspect. Rengat District Court, preceded by judge Wiwin Sulistya, had released Asun or Mastur, director of PT Kurnia Subur, suspected for land and forest fires in […]
Environment and Forestry Ministry launched website to detect land and forest fires
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Approaching dry season, Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) launched a website to detect land and forest fires on real-time, on Thursday (12/3), in Jakarta. The website, sipongi.menlhk.go.id, displays information extracted from ASMC (ASEAN Specialized Meteorological Center), NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), and BMKG (Indonesian Meteorological, Climatology, and Geophysics), which comprises […]
AMAN calls for national reconciliation between the state and indigenous peoples
Jakarta, Ekuatorial — Indigenous people’s alliance in Indonesia calls for national reconciliation between the government and indigenous peoples after long abandonment by the state, said Abdon Nababan, secretary general of Indigenous People’s Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), in Jakarta, on Tuesday (10/3). “[The government] needs to start national reconciliation immediately. If not, I am afraid […]
‘If Not Us Then Who’ campaign launched in Indonesia
Jakarta, Ekuatorial — Five short documentaries of how Indonesia’s indigenous people struggle and sacrifice to protect their forests hit Jakarta’s Antara Gallery, March 10-18. The screening is part of the ‘If Not Us Then Who’ campaign, a two year project aiming to communicate indigenous people’s experience in protecting forests. “We want to tell the world […]
Indigenous people task force is urgent, but no deadline set
Jakarta, Ekuatorial — To ensure land acquisitions for infrastructure development run smoothly, government is currently setting up an agency tasked to deal with indigenous people although no specific deadline has been set, said a special staff, in Jakarta, on Tuesday (10/3). The task force was initiated by Indigenous People’s Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) to […]
Warga DAS Langsa Direlokasi
Langsa, Ekuatorial – Pemerintah Kota Langsa, Nangroe Aceh Darussalam akan segera membersihkan Daerah Aliran Sungai (DAS) Langsa dari pemukiman warga. Hal ini dilakukan dalam upaya penanggulangan banjir yang terjadi setiap tahun di Kota Langsa. Demikian diungkapkan Iskandar Syukri, Kepala Pelaksana Badan Penanggulangan Bencana Daerah (BPBD) Kota Langsa, Kamis (5/3). “Normalisasi sungai Langsa tidak menyelesaikan masalah, […]