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Kartini's Day: Disclosing Stories of Women in The Water-Related Sector

In Indonesia, Kartini's Day is celebrated annually on the 21st of April. The day is to commemorate the birth of women's emancipation pioneer, Raden Adjeng Kartini. Living in the tradition of the past, Kartini used to face gender discrimination where girls should be secluded in the hom...

IN FOCUS: The fight against Jakarta’s devastating yearly floods

Source: CNADate: February 6, 2021 (Updated: May 4, 2021)  The Indonesian government is exploring multiple options to contain the worsening floods, but there are obstacles including climate change and illegal settlements. JAKARTA: As thunderous clouds roll in from the sea, Jakarta residents brac...

Indonesia included on Tokyo MoU’s White List

Source: The Jakarta PostDate: May 3, 2021 Through the effort of the Transportation Ministry's Sea and Coast Guard Unit (KPLP), Indonesia is now eligible for Tokyo MoU's White List criteria, based on the organization's 2020 annual report. Tokyo MoU aims to reduce the operation of substandard ships th...

Water crisis in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara linked to mining, observers say

Source: MongabayDate: May 1, 2021 Many parts of Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province have experienced a shortage of clean water shortage since last year.Environmental activists attribute the problem to environmental degradation in forested water catchment areas, including by mining companies.Wome...

What Is An 'Internal Wave'? It Might Explain The Loss Of An Indonesian Submarine

Source: NPRDate: April 30, 2021 No official cause has yet been established for the destruction of an Indonesian submarine with 53 people aboard earlier this month, but some speculation has zeroed in on an undersea phenomenon which has been noted by submariners since at least World War II, though it ...

“Great reboot” or short-term saviour? Bali's seaweed farming revival

Source: The Fish Site Date: 30 April 2021 A renaissance in Bali's seaweed farming sector is being widely touted as a sustainable alternative to tourism, following the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, but the reality is much more complicated. The economic landscape in Bali, Indonesia, has changed dram...

The circular economy: why Indonesian shrimp farmers are changing the shape of their ponds

Source: The Fish SiteDate: April 28, 2021 Circular shrimp ponds are increasingly being used by small-scale farmers and entrepreneurs in Indonesia, where they are also receiving government backing. Indonesia is one of largest shrimp producers in Southeast Asia. Initially, in the 1980s, black tiger pr...

The pursuit of sustainable growth: a reflection

In the pursuit of sustainable growth, we often heard about sustainable development and even further, doughnut economics. What are they? And do they really matter on our mother Earth's sustainability? Sustainable development (Infographic by Rizki/TWA) Sustainable development The journey to formu...

Riau Islands: BRGM aims to restore 4,617 ha of mangroves

Source: ANTARADate: April 26, 2021 Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Board (BRGM) has set a target of rehabilitating 4,617 hectares of mangroves in Riau Islands province this year. Riau Islands' mangroves are spread over an area of 69,042 hectares, and account for 20.84 percen...

Indonesia, key for energy transition in the region

 Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 26 April 2021 The global energy transition has crossed many milestones over the past decade, surpassing most expectations. Thanks to technological innovation, entrepreneurship and risk-taking by policymakers and businesses, the installed capacity grew sevenfold f...

Consumers and businesses hate plastic waste, but problem remains

Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 24 April 2021 Plastic pollution is never far away in Southeast Asia. It's in the streets, the rivers, the forests, the beaches and almost anywhere else you care to look. According to a 2018 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) analysis of plastics production, de...

ASEAN Needs A Green New Deal

Source: The ASEAN Post Date: 24 April 2021  Tropical cyclones that form over Southeast Asia's Savu Sea do not typically hit land. But in early April, Cyclone Seroja created a path of destruction across Indonesian islands and East Timor. Within days, more than 200 people were dead or missing and...

Widodo claims Indonesia leading by example on climate change

Souce: RNZDate: April 23, 2021 Indonesia's president says greenhouse gas reduction commitments by developed countries powers must be credible if developing countries are to follow suit. Joko Widodo was among dozens of world leaders speaking at the US-hosted virtual Leaders Summit on Climate Change u...

Indonesia’s bid to control deforestation wildly off-target, experts say

Source: Mongabay Date: 22 April 2021  Indonesia aims to transform its forests into a carbon sink by 2030 by reducing deforestation and increasing reforestation, as the country targets going carbon neutral by 2070.Experts say the plan is unrealistic given the current pace of deforestation and th...

Peatland fires in Indonesia can be predicted by new evaluation approach, study finds

 Source: CIFORDate: April 20, 2021 Indonesia's peatland fires are better explained by a newly developed approach that considers climate-change impacts and helps predict hotspots of carbon emissions and air pollution from the burning of peat, according to scientists. A rain-related index used by...