Director of PT. Kalista Alam, Subianto Rusyid, said that Kalista Alam criminal court case on land combustion initially by an issue of habitat disruption of orangutan in Suak Bahong area, Sub-district Darul Makmur, Nagan Raya, Aceh or so called Rawa Tripa. At trial, he said that the area which commonly reported as an city of […]
A general view about the production forest as the region that frequently occurs deforestation for the economic needs is true. However, production forest able to reduce carbon emissions like other forest. It expressed by the Director of Forestry Business Development, The ministry of forestry, Auria Ibrahim in the discussion “The Role of Production Forests in […]
Complaints from ship transport entrepreneurs who are members of the Indonesian National Shipowner Association (INSA) about shipping channel silting of Musi river drew attention of South Sumatra governor, Alex Noerdin. Chairman of INSA South Sumatra region, Kurmin Halim, explained that silting of Musi river disturbed the cruise of ships which have large diameter and are […]
Papua Province Agriculture Department data shows that since 2010-2013, shipments of cocoa bean from Papua has been declined about 67.5 percent, due to fruit borer pests of cocoa plant attack and a lack of understanding of the farmers. For example, in 2010 as many as 4,639,493 kg cocoa bean fell to 2.00863 million kg. Some […]
Indonesian biodiversity will be set into a long-term development plan (RPJP – Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Panjang) and the national medium-term development plan (RPJMN – Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Menengah Nasional) as the capital base of development. It is expressed by Head of Bappenas (Badan Perencanaan dan Pembanguna Nasional – The National Development Planning Agency), Armida Salsiah […]
Rain and strong winds that occurred during one hour resulted in two homes in the Village Matang Seuke Pulot, Sub-district Tanah Jambo Aye, North Aceh damaged. Tornado struck around 13:00, Sunday (04/27/2014). Sub-district government will distribute aid in the forms of emergency tents and groceries. [Read full text on Aceh Terkini]
East Java Provincial Government has approved the issue of environmental impact assessment (EIA) of PT Bumi Suksesindo, a company that will exploit the gold mine at Mount Tumpang Pitu, Sub-district Pesanggaran, Banyuwangi Regency. “Today I just received the approval document,” said the head of the Environment Agency of Banyuwangi, Husnul Khotimah, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – “We feel pessimistic this project will go well,” said Deddy Ratih Walhi Program Development Manager when responding to REDD+ project in indonesia to Ekuatorial (24/4). Deddy felt that the duties, functions and workload of REDD is huge and and there are a lot of structural problems. Walhi’s pessimism contrasts with optimism from […]
Sentence of probation has been imposed on the three defendants forest encroachment Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) in the region of Southeast Aceh, Wednesday (04/23/2014). All three defendants are officials of Southeast Aceh Regency. They have been proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing a crime “to occupy forest land illegally” violated the provisions of […]
The haze crisis in Indonesia, particularly over Sumatera, still need more research to unravel the complex governance and socioeconomic context and climatic feedbacks behind fires on peatlands. It needs to be examined for the underlying causes and impacts of peatland fires, focusing on the role of conflicts over land ownership between communities and companies; impacts […]
