Cheerful faces of Napajoring’s villagers, Nassau, Toba Samosir Regency, North Sumatera, welcoming delegation comes from afar. They’ve been waiting since the morning, even Governors, heads of Department and District Government staff Tobasa already stay overnight in Nassau to set everything up. It’s reasonable because this remote village, rarely visited by officials, moreover, from Jakarta. The […]
Torrential rains that began Monday (16/6) at 9 pm until morning caused a landslide in Kampung Neglasari, Mekarwangi Village, Cariu subdistrict, Bogor regency. As a result of this incident, 6 people were confirmed dead, and 5 houses buried by landslides. Head of Data Information and Public Relations of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Sutopo […]
A number of environmental activists in Aceh claimed that there’s a number of fundamental environmental issues been ignored by Aceh Government in preparing Qanun Aceh Spatial Plan, which was approved in the end of 2013 ago by Aceh Parliament (DPRA). Such as, the loss of the nomenclature of the Leuser Ecosystem Area (KEL) in the […]
Deputy Minister of Public Works Hermanto Dardak said that 73 percent of 53 rivers in Indonesia are polluted. “Most of the pollution is caused by organic materials and 11 rivers contain aluminum,” he said on Monday, June 16, 2014. Read more in Tempo. .
The diversity of bird species inhabiting the slope of Mount Merapi has increased after the eruption in 2010. The Forest Ecosystem Controlling Coordinator of Mount Merapi National Park (TNGM) said the last data showed there are currently 164 types of bird species living in the volcano area.
Head of Mining and Energy Aceh Said Akhsan said that the Aceh region has many mining companies, and potentially lead to disaster if not managed properly. “There are 134 mining permits that have been issued, if the left could be a disaster for the community,” he said in Banda Aceh on Thursday (12/6). Continue reading […]
Tjilik Riwut Agent of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics predicts that Central Kalimantan will encounter dry season in late of May to early July 2014. The Governor of Central Kalimantan Agustin Teras Narang warned, entrepreneurs engaged in oil palm plantations and industrial tree plantations to be ready to prevent fires in their region. Almost all districts […]
PT Freeport Indonesia contract was extended from the supposedly ended in 2021, became even longer until 2041. Although the extension of the contract would be signed in 2019, the government ensure that the contract extension agreement will be included in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to be signed prior to the administration of President Susilo […]
Head of South Sulawesi Environment Agency (BLHD), Hasbi Nur reported that air pollution in Makassar is still high up to 87.83. Hasbi believes that the condition was due to the increase of vehicles populations. Read full article in Tempo.
The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) in East Java has claimed to have recorded massive and systemic environment destruction in East Java during the 2013 and mid of 2014. “There are at least 187 ecological disasters happened in 804 villages that icludes all of regencies/towns in East Java,” said East Java Walhi’s Chairman of […]
