Manado, Ekuatorial – Populasi Macaca nigra atau monyet hitam di dunia kini berkisar 4.000 – 5.000 ekor. Dari total jumlah itu, sekitar 2.000-an ekor berada di Cagar Alam Tangkoko, Bitung, Sulawesi Utara. Sayangnya, primata yang dikenal dengan bahasa lokal “Yaki” ini sudah berstatus sangat terancam punah. Ironisnya predator utama Yaki adalah manusia. Pakar primata dari […]
Category: Kalimantan
Sampah Kota Langsa Lebih Banyak Tak Terurus
Langsa, Ekuatorial – Pemerintah daerah kota Langsa di Nangroe Aceh Darussalam belum mampu menangani sampah domestik, yang dihasilkan warga setiap hari. Akibatnya, hingga Senin (30/3) sekitar 70 persen sampah kota Langsa, masih berserakan di sudut-sudut pemukiman warga. Berdasarkan data dari Badan Lingkungan Hidup Kebersihan dan Pertamanan (BLHKP) Kota Langsa, produksi sampah setiap hari 419,53 meter […]
12.7 million hectares target won’t work with business as usual, says NGO
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Despite of announced commitment to increase community based forests, government has yet to establish any assistance programs to implement the policy, said a member of civil society, in Jakarta, on Monday (30/3). In the 2015-19 Middle Term National Development Plan (RPJMN), Indonesian government had targeted 12.7 million hectares of forest areas to […]
Letusan Soputan Tingkatkan Produksi Padi
Ratahan, Ekuatorial – Letusan Gunung Soputan di Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (sulut), yang sering terjadi sejak pertengahan tahun 2014 lalu hingga awal tahun ini, membawa dampak lain bagi sektor pertanian. Salah satunya peningkatan jumlah produksi padi, dan tahun 2015 ini ditargetkan lebih dari 27 ribu ton banyaknya. Mart Rondonuwu, warga Kecamatan Touluaan mengungkapkan, salah satu dampak […]
Ministry of Environment and Forestry to set up a team to review permits on forestry sector
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – A working team tasked to review permits in forestry sector will be announced by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry next week, said Minister Siti Nurbaya on Friday (27/3), in Jakarta. “We will definitely have to review all permits and set up a working team. We want to do it [reviewing permits] […]
Indonesia launches national carbon accounting system
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Ahead of this year’s global climate conference, Ministry of Environment and Forestry launched an emission monitoring system which tracked down Indonesia’s released and stored greenhouse gas emissions, on Friday (27/3), in Jakarta. The system, Indonesian National Carbon Accounting System (INCAS), also serves as the country’s MRV mechanism, an abbreviation from ‘Measurement, Reporting, […]
Aceh Tamiang Didesak Moratorium Eksploitasi Hutan
Aceh Tamiang, Ekuatorial – Untuk menyelamatkan hutan Aceh Tamiang, pemerintah dituntut segera menerbitkan moratorium perizinan terkait eksploitasi hutan. Hal tersebut disampaikan Koalisi untuk Penyelamatan Hutan dan Lingkungan di Aceh Tamiang, Kamis (25/3). Mereka membuat policy brief yang mendesak pemerintah daerah Aceh Tamiang segera menerbitkan moratorium perizinan sektor kehutanan, pertambangan dan perkebunan di Kabupaten Aceh Tamiang. […]
Green groups demand President Jokowi to extend moratorium with few additions
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Green activists on Thursday (26/3) demanded President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo administration to extend forest moratorium but with some additional requirements. The moratorium, announced during then President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono administration in 2011, halts permit issuance for primary forests and peatlands in the country in pursuit for better forestry management. During his visit […]
Polisi Sita 41 Labi-Labi
Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – Kepolisian Sektor Kawasan Pelabuhan Bakauheni, Provinsi Lampung menyita 41 ekor labi-labi (amyda certilaginea) tanpa dilengkapi dokumentasi resmi. Menurut Kepala KSKP AKP Feria Kurniawan penyitaan labi-labi tersebut dilakukan pada Rabu (25/3), yang ditemukan di bagian bak tronton warna putih nomor polisi BH 8888 GU, dari Jambi dengan tujuan Jakarta. “Biasanya setiap kendaraan yang […]
Govt needs to develop more city forests : activists
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Amid massive deforestation, Indonesia needs to turn to city forests development which can serve as green open space and conservation, said an activist, on Monday (23/3), in Jakarta. “We need to conserve trees which are being felled in forests because of oil palm plantation and mining extractions. I think it’s better to […]