Source: TempoDate: July 28 2021 TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Environment and Forestry Ministry (KLHK) said 59 percent of rivers in Indonesia are still severely polluted. The sources of river water pollution include industrial waste, such as oil, gas, and mining, as well as domestic or household waste and...
Technical guidelines released for restoring eroding tropical coastlines
Source: Wetlands Date: 23 July 2021 Wetlands International and its global and Indonesian partners present a series of Technical Guidelines on Building with Nature to restore eroding tropical muddy coasts. The guidelines share knowledge and lessons in a practical way to support the sound replic...
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Conservation: how to do it right
Save water. That's a very common phrase we often see all over the media. Although it may sound cliché, actually the short phrase has a really deep meaning. To put it into numbers, 71% of the Earth is covered in water, but only 3% of them is freshwater. With such a small percentage and the growing po...
Restoring mangroves to raise people’s welfare and mitigate climate change
Source: The Jakarta PostDate: July 26, 2021 Indonesia is scrambling to restore its sizeable mangrove forest loss, with the national Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM) tasked with accelerating the process over the next four years, as the consequences of mangrove deforestation have been i...
Mangrove Conservation and Restoration: Protecting Indonesia’s “Climate Guardians”
Source: The World Bank Date:26 July 2021 "In 2007, my father asked people to join him to plant mangroves, but only a few were interested. Now, we feel the impact of beach abrasion on our daily lives. The sand began to erode, and many of the islands around Yensawai began to disappear," said Konstanti...
Commentary: Is carbon neutrality possible for coal-addicted Indonesia?
Source: Channel News Asia Date: 23 July 2021 State utility company PLN has pledged carbon neutrality by 2060, but the pledge merits greater scrutiny, says a researcher. In May 2021, Indonesia's biggest utility company, Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN), pledged to phase out fossil fuels by 2060 ...
Indonesia to send more tuna vessels out into international waters
Source: MongabayDate: 22 July 2021 Indonesia is boosting its tuna-fishing fleet in the high seas, taking advantage of increased harvest quotas.The plan is part of a five-year sustainable tuna fisheries policy update to be issued by the Indonesian fisheries ministry by the end of August.In addition t...
Sunseap announces 2.2 GW floating PV project at Indonesian water reservoir
Source: PV Magazine Date: 21 July 2021 Singaporean solar developer Sunseap has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Batam Indonesia Free Zone Authority (BP Batam) – which is the public authority responsible for the management, development, and construction on the island of Batam in In...
Indonesia eyes less severe fire season, but COVID-19 could turn it deadly
Source: MongabayDate: July 20, 2021 This year's forest fire season in Indonesia is expected to be less severe than in previous years, but the haze from the burning could still compound the coronavirus crisis in the country. Favorable weather conditions and ongoing efforts to restore peatlands point ...
Indonesia sets eyes on becoming world's geothermal superpower
Source: Eco-Business Date: 19 July 2021 Straddling the seismically active Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is one of the most geologically active countries in the world, with churning molten rock beneath the archipelago triggering about 1,000 tremors a month. The heat generated by movement in the Ear...
Kapuas Hulu Flood: 19 Thousand People Affected, 1,681 Evacuated
Source: CNN IndonesiaDate: July 18, 2021 Jakarta, CNN Indonesia -- The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) recorded an increasing number of residents affected by the flooding of Kapuas Hulu, West Kalimantan, by 7,357 families (KK) or 19,121 people. "19,121 people spread across several sub-dis...
Getting to know Biosphere Reserves
There are currently 714 biosphere reserves all over the world, and 19 of which are in Indonesia. Swipe left to read more! Check out more about the biosphere reserves with the tag #BiosphereReserveSeries or simply click here! Infographic by: Rizki Praytino (The Water Agency)
FSC dumps palm oil giant Korindo amid rights, environmental issues in Papua
Source: Mongabay IndonesiaDate: 16 July 2021 Indonesian-South Korean palm oil giant Korindo has been expelled from the Forest Stewardship Council after both parties couldn't come into an agreement on how to verify the company's compliance.Korindo was in the process of keeping its membership at the F...
Consumers becomes more conscious of fishing practices: Iskindo
Source: ANTARADate: July 14, 2021 Jakarta (ANTARA) - Global consumers are becoming more discerning about fishery products, including whether the fish are captured legally and ethically or not, Head of Indonesia Bachelor of Marine Science Association (Iskindo), Zulficar Mochtar, has said. "Buyers are...
G20 backs carbon pricing, ‘raising stakes’ among emerging economies
Source: Climate Home News Date: 12 July 2021 The EU's threatened carbon tariff on imports has spurred trading partners like Indonesia and Turkey to consider making polluters pay at home G20 finance ministers have for the first time endorsed carbon pricing as a tool to transition to a low-carbo...