Indonesia's weather is a study in contrasts

Source: ANTARA News Date: 27 August 2020  Indonesia is preparing anticipatory measures against extreme weather events as it is prone to hydro-meteorological disasters, such as flooding, landslides, and whirlwinds, in the rainy season and wildfires or severe drought during the dry season. R...

Land use change leads to increased flooding in Indonesia

Source: Göttingen University Date: 27 August 2020  International team led by Göttingen University investigates effects on local water cycle While high greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss are often associated with rapid land-use change in Indonesia, impacts on local water cy...

Companies establish organization to combat growing plastic waste

Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 27 August 2020  Several top food and beverages companies have established a new organization to ramp up their recycling efforts and reduce plastic packaging waste in Indonesia, which the companies commonly produce and usually ends up polluting the sea.  ...

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Circular Economy, A System That Can Realize Sustainable Development

Source: Katadata Date: 26 August 2020  The Indonesian government continues to promote the realization of a circular economy system. This system has the potential to realize sustainable and environmentally friendly development. Indonesia is in the midst of implementing a circular economy. T...

INSA: Number of Ships in Indonesia Has Doubled in 5 Years

Source: Tempo.co Date: 24 August 2020  During the last five years, the number of national shipping fleets or ships in Indonesia has doubled. In 2015, the original fleet number of 16,142 vessels increased to 32,587 in 2019. Chairperson of the Indonesian National Shipowners' Association (INS...

Innovative Technology in the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Sector

Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Date: 20 August 2020  Access to adequate water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) embodies a fun- damental human right recognized by the United Nations General Assembly. Technology often plays an important role by providing resource-...

Water management in Java adds to burden on women and reduces their incomes

Source: The Conversation Date: 14 August 2020  Women make up half the Indonesian population but their roles and contribution to the economy are still limited. The 2020 Global Gender Gap Index shows Indonesian women earn only half of men's estimated income. The latest research reveals how g...

​Erick: The construction of Benoa Bay Port encourages maritime tourism

Source: ANTARA News Date: 14 August 2020 BUMN Minister Erick Thohir said that the construction of the Benoa Bay Port in Bali is to encourage tourism as well as the maritime economy.  "There is Pelindo III, where we want to ensure Bali becomes a hub for national tourism. So far, if we look ...

Indonesia needs investment of US$47 billion to develop ports: official

Source: ANTARA News Date: 13 August 2020  Indonesia needs US$47 billion in investment to develop ports across the country, a Transportation Ministry official said. "Based on the master plan for national ports (RIPN), we need US$47 billion to develop ports from Sumatra to Papua," director o...

Water Management Worldwide Is Failing, It's Time for A New Approach

Source: Pursuit Date: 12 August 2020  Climate extremes are not going away during the pandemic, testing water management to its limits. We need robust inter-disciplinary solutions from climate and social scientists, engineers and lawyers. The United Nations recently announced that prog...

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Plastic pollution plagues Southeast Asia amid Covid-19 lockdowns

Source: South China Morning Post Date: 9 August 2020  Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia have seen a surge in plastic waste as environmental awareness takes a back seat to health concernsThere has been a heavy reliance on food-delivery services and online shopping ...

Patimban seaport to start first-phase operation in November after delays

Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 10 August 2020  Japan-backed Patimban Port in Subang, West Java is now scheduled for partial operation in November, while its first development phase will reach completion by October despite previous delays, Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has state...

Jakarta Braces for Flood as City Rivers Cannot Contain Excess Water

Source: Tempo.co Date: 6 August 2020  Jakarta Water Resources Agency Head Juaini Yusuf, admitted that the city administration has much to do on mitigating flood, such as figuring out how to contain 1,032 cubic meters of water per second that exceeds the capacity of some of the rivers in th...

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Helping the poor can protect forests too, Indonesian welfare program shows

Source: Mongabay Date: 4 August 2020 A study has found that a poverty-alleviation program in Indonesia was just as successful as dedicated conservation programs in reducing deforestation.The researchers attribute this to the program serving as a sort of insurance against harvest failures, by gu...

Explainer: Man-made climate change, is it real or fake?

Source: Channel News Asia Date: 3 August 2020 The Australian bushfires from September last year to early February are proof to many people that man-made or "anthropogenic" climate change is real and threatening. But for some Australians involved in the coal-mining industry, the fires seeme...