The shrinking habitation has cut off the food supplies for the Javan leopards (Phantera pardus melas) in Mt. Slamet. As the consequence, the leopards are raiding the people’s settlements more frequently for food. To monitor the movements of Javan leopards in the slope of Mt. Slamet, the Biodiversity Community Society (BCB) has installed camera traps in […]
An incessant and heavy downpour resulted in flooding in dozens of locations across the city on Wednesday, causing gridlock in many parts of the city and disrupting several commuter train schedules. Ekky Muzakir, who lives in Cinere, South Tangerang, said he was forced to take another route as he could not access a flooded road in […]
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has instructed all relevant ministries, government institutions, local disaster mitigation agencies and the Karo regency administration in North Sumatra to prepare for a worst-case scenario following an increase in Mount Sinabung’s volcanic activity during the past week. The worst-case scenario would be applied if the evacuation zone reaches between 7.5 […]
The Public Alliance for Wendit Forest, along with local residents and members of Walhi East Java, waged a protest against Public Company Perhutani, for cutting down trees at Wendit tourism park, Malang. They claimed the activity has caused the population of long-tailed monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) to drop from 300 to 150, according to the protest coordinator, Teguh Prijatmono.Teguh added that the […]
Karo residents in North Sumatra received an unpleasant surprise on the first day of the year when Mount Sinabung spewed 3 kilometers of volcanic ash on Wednesday noon. An official at the Sinabung monitoring post, Ahmad Nabawi, said a stronger volcanic ash discharge could occur as the volcano continued to generate huge volumes of lava.
Hundreds of activists and people came together on Monday to protest against a provincial qanun (bylaw) on Aceh spatial layout plan. It removed Leuser Ecosystem Zone (KEL) and does not include carbon-rich Rawa Tripa as a conservation area.
Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini did not comment too much on the Daily Mail‘s “Zoo of Death” dubbing for Surabaya Zoo (KBS). “The condition is far more better than before. I say this with God as my witness,” said Risma on Friday, December 27.
For the past four days, Kuta Beach in Bali has hosted over 15 tons of garbage resulting in one of the world’s top beach destinations to look more like the slums.
Panamanian tanker Awang Bazao ran aground on a coral reef in the Bintan Sea, Riau Islands, on Wednesday evening. Crew members refused to be evacuated but chose to stay on the vessel and wait for high tide.
The Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) forecast the rainfall in Jakarta in the following week will still be varied. The rainfall intensity started from light, medium, to heavy.
