Four local villages in Tabonji District, Papua, open farmland to grow rice. These four villages are Bamol, Yeraha, Suam Satu, and Suam Dua. Their hard work in the past few months resulted in a very satisfactory harvest. Now, people in Tabonji District do not expect the help of rice for poor or raskin anymore. [Read […]
Planting a thousand of mangroves has been done in the village of Alue Deah Teungoh, Meuraxa sub-district, Banda Aceh, in commemoration of the World Environment Day yesterday (5/6). Activity was initiated by public organization Indonesian Environmental Forum or WALHI with participation of locals, students and environmental communities in Banda Aceh. This activity is carried out […]
Although many researches have shown that mangrove gives potential contributions for carbon emissions reduction, Indonesia not fully ready to certify carbon. The problem is, the current mangrove program yet have unified calculation. Deputy Assistant of Coastal and Marine Environmental Degradation Control, Ministry of Environment, Nursiwan Taqim said, the last three years mangrove certification program known […]
In the past, environmental degradation in the coastal village of Lemito, Sub-district Lemito, District Pohuwato, Gorontalo was in poor condition. There was also widespread fishing activities that damage the environment. Now, a program of Indonesia Coral Reef Action Network will be developed in there. The program has components that consists of coastal society strengthening and […]
Harapan Jaya village in Sub-district Tempuling, Indragiri Hilir District, Riau Province, developing alternative energy in the form of biogas. This biogas generated from cow dung and can improve the economy, waste utilization, and train villagers for eco-friendly living. [Read full text on Gurindam12]
Disaster Prone Region (DPR) III of Mount Sangiang set by the National Disaster Management Agency at a radius of 1 km and DPR II 5 km radius from the center of the crater. Tremors continued lasts, but the intensity decreases. Alert status (level III) declared. The area affected by the radius of 8 km in […]
Concerns have arisen that Pora-pora fish in Toba Lake water in North Sumatra could be near to extinction, Antara reported. The endemic fish has been massively exploited without a proper measure of supervision. “The government should brief the fishermen to only catch certain and large-sized fish, so that pora-pora population can be conserved,” said M […]
Moratorium on the mining sector that announced by the government seems to ignore by PT Bososi Pratama, one nickel mining company in North Konawe. The company still operates by distributing nickel out of the Southeast Sulawesi. This activity of PT Bososi is known by police who immediately conduct field operations [Continue Reading: Suara Kendari].
Mount Sangiang in Sangiang Pulo, Sub-district Wera, District Bima, Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara erupted on Friday (30/5) at 15:55. Smoke reaches a height of 3000 meters. The wind carried the smoke westward up to Bima town within 70 kilometers. Otherwise alert status.
The high rate of sedimentation has led to the destruction of coral reefs. This is because of the cutting down of mangrove forests and the reclamation of land for industrial and agriculture.
