The Assistant III Asset and Financial Section of Makassar Administration, Burhanuddin, said that a Central Trash Bank will be set up this year. The trash banks will be set up in 78 points in Makassar and the central bank will be located in Toddopuli market region which is also a landfill for non-organic trashes. “We […]
Ministry of Public Works began doing construction of Batam Botanical Garden, by building several vital projects there in 2014, said Head of Batam City Planning Gintoyono in Batam Riau Islands, on Wednesday (2/7). In the first stage, the Ministry of Public Works will do the work in 18 hectares of land of the total development […]
Indonesian energy observers have expressed skepticism over the two presidential hopefuls’ energy platforms, expecting that the strong nationalistic tone will remain mere campaign talk to sway voters. “Both of them claim to be nationalists, but more for the sake of the presidential election,” Pri Agung Rakhmanto, executive director of energy think tank ReforMiner Institute, told […]
Environmentalists are wary of a setback in Indonesia’s climate change program, with neither of the two presidential contenders seen to show environmental commitment at least as that of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. “It’s a bleak future,” said Muhammad Teguh Surya, forest political campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia. “SBY [President Yudhoyono] has at least made several […]
Seven miners were killed and five were unaccounted for following a landslide that occurred at a traditional gold mining site in Baya Biru, Paniai regency, Papua, on Tuesday at around 11 p.m. local time. Two other miners survived the incident. “The incident took place in the middle of the night when it was raining heavily, […]
Wood exploitation from dipterocarpaceae that economically high, have been decades occurred in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. The Data from the Ministry of Forestry (Kemenhut), for Meranti wood (Shorea spp.) shows, it rises in average production of 14% per year to meet the needs of the market, such as construction and industrial raw materials. These needs […]
BPBD Central Java landslide report (26/6) at 20:00 pm, seven villages in the District Daeyluhur, Cilacap regency, Central Java. Landslide due to high intensity rainfall and unstable soil structure. BPBDs has sought to the scene to collect data and there were no casualties. Continue reading on BNPB
Sinabung alert status (level III) re-erupted on Sunday (29/6) at 19:29 pm. Eruption column height of 4,000 meters, and heat clouds glide 4,500 m to the southeast. Visually is not visible due to weather conditions and rainy night. Observations based on the instrumentation Observation Post Mount Sinabung PVMBG. Wind direction to the east. The maximum […]
The transportation sector is the largest contributor to pollution in urban areas. Research conducted by the Ministry of environment (MOE) and put the database in 2010 shows, transport contributes to 50 to 70 percent of the total emissions of fine particles and 75 percent of total harmful greenhouse-gas emissions to health. While emissions of greenhouse […]
Mount Soputan’s activity located in North Sulawesi, is now likely to decline. However, this 1,784 meters above sea level volcano still on “siaga” status (level III). The decrease in activity is demonstrated by the energy and the amount of volcanic seismicity on Thursday (26/6). Continue reading on Nefosnews
