Source: Tempo.co Date: 31 July 2020 The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) estimates that southern Indonesia will soon enter the peak dry season. Through a written statement received in Jakarta, Friday, July 31, 2020, BMKG said the potential of the peak of the drought in southern ...
Ministry of Public Works and Housing Builds Seven Irrigation PSN to Encourage Economic Recovery Post-Pandemic COVID-19 Through Agriculture
Source: Ministry of Public Works and Public HousingDate: 30 July 2020 To support food and water security nationally, the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) is targeting the construction of 500,000 hectares of irrigation and rehabilitating 2.5 million hectares of irrigation netwo...
Global electronic waste up 21% in five years, and recycling isn’t keeping up
Source: The Conversation Date: 10 July 2020 Each year, the total amount of electric and electronic equipment the world uses grows by 2.5 million tonnes. Phones, radios, toys, laptops – if it has a power or battery supply it's likely to join a growing mountain of "e-waste" after use. In 2019 alo...
ASEAN loses a third of mangroves in last 40 years
Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 29 July 2020 The ASEAN region lost about 33 per cent of its mangrove forests between 1980 and 2020, a decrease of more than 63,000sq km, said the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB). Nations that comprise ASEAN have just around 43,000sq km of mangrove forest...
Deadline Approaching for Jakarta Waste Plants as Landfill to Reach Full Capacity in 2021
Source: Jakarta Globe Date: 27 July 2020 Jakarta's city administration has pledged to accelerate the construction of intermediate waste treatment facilities to convert waste to energy at four locations across the capital as the city's Bantargebang landfill in West Jawa would reach its full-capa...
Port operator Pelindo III records decline in ship traffic
Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 27 July 2020 State-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III has recorded a decline in ship traffic in this year's first half as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global trade and decimates the sea freight and logistics industry. Pelindo III president ...
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Ministry Sets Target to Rehabilitate 200 ha of Mangrove Forests
Source: Tempo.co Date: 26 July 2020 The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has set a target to rehabilitate 200 ha of mangrove forests in several coastal regions across Indonesia this year. KKP planned to improve the condition of mangrove ecosystem by planting mangrove trees in 20...
Govt inaugurates Central Java plant able to produce fuel from waste
Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 21 July 2020 The government inaugurated on Monday a facility to produce refuse-derived fuel (RDF), a fuel made of various types of waste, in Cilacap, Central Java, as part of efforts to improve Indonesia's waste management and speed up the country's transition to ...
Methane emissions rise nine percent in decade
Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 15 July 2020 Emissions of methane -- a planet-warming gas several times more potent than carbon dioxide -- have risen by nine percent in a decade driven by mankind's insatiable hunger for energy and food, a major international study concluded Wednesday. Methane (C...
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Three reasons why banning plastic bags is problematic
Source: The Conversation Date: 17 July 2020 There has been a growing trend of restrictions and bans on plastic bag use worldwide. By mid-2018, over 127 countries had enacted regulations limiting their use, a more than threefold increase over the last decade. The latest adherents are Jakart...
Mangrove forests to hereafter not be converted into ponds: Minister
Source: ANTARA News Date: 16 July 2020 Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister, Eddhy Prabowo has made assurance that mangrove forests would henceforth not be converted into ponds, and the ministry, in its place, plans to plant more mangrove trees. "I guarantee that there will be no more d...
Indonesian coal plant taints South Korea's green pledge
Source: Reuters Date: 16 July 2020 Indonesian fisherman Ramidin says he used to catch stingray by paddling just off the shore of his village, but as a giant coal power complex nearby has expanded over the last three decades, he has had to venture further and further out to sea. Now, state-...
Pandemic disrupts food distribution across country, minister says
Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 15 July 2020 The logistics disruption due to social restrictions to contain COVID-19 has affected the food distribution to many regions in Indonesia, particularly the eastern parts, Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo said. The pandemic restriction led to a d...
Water and Circular Economy: A White Paper
Source: ARUP, AnteaGroup and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Date: October 2018 Water systems intersect with all sections of society and industry and opportunities exist in these interfaces to create additional value by application of Circular Economy principles. This white paper postulates...
Flood leaves at least 15 dead, dozens missing in South Sulawesi
Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 15 July 2020 Severe flooding that hit North Luwu regency, South Sulawesi, on Monday, has left at least 15 people dead and dozens more missing. "The number [of victims] may increase because some villages are still not accessible," North Luwu Regent Indah Putri Indr...