Sorong, Ekuatorial – Papua’s endangered green turtle is getting more protection as local people will implement legal sanctions to illegal poachers, said a local activist on Friday (28/11), in Papua. Ferdil Ballamu, chief of Papua Turtle Foundation, said green turtle, Chelonia Mydas, was considered as local dish of Piai island, Raja Ampat district of Papua, […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – More than quarter of 2,000 companies in Indonesia were indicated did not comply to environmental regulations, said a senior official in Jakarta, on Thursday (27/11). “Up to date, we recorded 71 percent out of 2,000 companies for Proper program has better compliance. Meanwhile, 29 percent do not obey regulations, said Karliansyah, deputy […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Coming to December, Jakarta will face floods as rain intensity is increasing. During the launch of graphic information integrating population and natural disaster on Thursday (27/11), in Jakarta, National Disaster Mitigation Agency or BNPB, pin pointed seven things from Jakarta’s floods : Graphic Information on population and disaster risk in DKI Jakarta. […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) on Thursday (27/11) launched graphic information which integrated disaster and demographic data for each provinces. Its aim is for regional governments to related population with disaster risk management. “We are having difficulties on mapping out population of elderly, toddlers, and people with special needs before disaster, emergency, […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Around 80 percent of natural disasters in Indonesia caused by climate change which place adaptation efforts more crucial to tackle by government, said an official in Jakarta, on Tuesday (25/11). “There are two impacts [of climate change], which are direct impacts such as floods, droughts, landslides, and sea level rise. Meanwhile, indirect […]
Klaten, Ekuatorial – To anticipate Mount Merapi lava flood, Klaten Mitigation Disaster Agency installed surveillance cameras at Woro river upstream, said an official, in Klaten, Central Java, on Monday (24/11). “The device is meant to monitor lava movement of Mount Merapi when it’s raining,” said Sri Winoto, head of the agency adding that there were […]
Jakarta, Ekuatorial – Out of five main activities, Indonesia has only managed to submit two emission reduction activities for the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Peru, Lima, said an official on Monday (24/11), in Jakarta. “We have just submitted two variables in the Forest Reference Emission Level or FREL, which are deforestation and forest […]
East Aceh, Ekuatorial – After five years of experiment, two farmers of East Aceh district developed environmentally friendly pesticide for their paddies establishing different way of farming. Jafar, 55 years old farmer of Seulemak Muda village of Nurussalam sub district, and his son of 25 years old, Agusnaini started out their experiment after most of […]
Sorong, Ekuatorial – Documentary film “Guardians of Raja Ampat” by world class cinematographers Shawn Heinrichs and John Weller hit premier WTC beach, Waisai, Raja Ampat, Papua, on Thursday (20/11). The movie followed stories of people which have contributed to change the face of Raja Ampat to become a better conservation area, aside for economical benefits. […]
Manado, Ekuatorial – Despite Manado was considered as prone to natural disaster, its government was still unprepared for safety measures, said a lecturer, in Manado, South Sulawesi, on Thursday (20/11). Professor Berty Sompie of Sam Ratulangi criticized on how city administration was lacking to socialize standard operating procedure or SOP for natural disaster to public. […]
