Source: Tempo.co Date: 22 October 2020 "Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together", the theme of the World Food Day 2020 reminds us all of what needs to become a priority: making diversified healthy diets available and accessible to all. In Indonesia, almost one-third of the children below 5 years...
Replanting alone won’t stop mangrove degradation: Activists
Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 20 October 2020 When 53-year-old Azizi is not tending to his crab farm, he would be nursing the 456-hectare mangrove forest near his home in the village of Gambus in North Sumatra's Batu Bara regency. The former fisherman said recently that fewer than ...
Ministry targets to complete four dams construction in December
Source: ANTARA News Date: 18 October 2020 The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry has targeted to complete the construction of four dams by end of December 2020 to support national food and water resilience. Minister of Public Works and Public Housing Basuki Hadimuljono said in a sta...
Ekonomi sirkular saat pandemi : menciptakan lapangan kerja dan mengurangi sampah
Source: The Conversation Date: 16 October 2020 Sedikitnya 3 juta orang Indonesia telah kehilangan pekerjaan akibat pandemi hingga pertengahan tahun 2020 yang telah membawa Indonesia ke dalam resesi. Menteri Keuangan Sri Mulyani juga menyatakan bahwa Indonesia harus bersiap menghadapi rese...
Penanganan Sampah di Pulau Komodo Terapkan Sistem Berkelanjutan. Seperti Apa?
Source: Mongabay Date: 15 October 2020 Sampah yang berada di Pulau Komodo harus segera ditanggulangi agar tidak mencemari lingkungan.Masyarakat harus diedukasi bahwa sampah plastik memiliki nilai ekonomis, sehingga mereka tertarik untuk melakukan pemilahan dan pengumpulan.Permasalahan sam...
Langkah KLHK Atasi Pengelolaan Limbah Medis Selama Pandemi COVID-19
Source: Tirto.ID Date: 15 October 2020 KLHK telah mengeluarkan Surat Edaran MenLHK nomor 2 tahun 2020 tentang Pengelolaan Limbah Infeksius dan Sampah Rumah Tangga dari Penanganan COVID-19. Pasien COVID-19 di Indonesia semakin bertambah setiap harinya, sejak temuan kasus pertama pada awal ...
Indonesia actively partakes in IAEA's plastic waste control program
Source: ANTARA NewsDate: 3 October 2020 The Indonesian government is actively partaking in the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA's) program to handle plastic waste, Indonesian Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN and other international organizations in Vienna Dr. Darmansjah Djumal...
Olah Sampah Bantargebang Jadi Energi Terbarukan, DKI Gandeng Swasta
Source: Kompas.com Date: 1 October 2020 Dinas Lingkungan Hidup DKI Jakarta menggandeng PT Unilever Indonesia dan produsen semen PT Solusi Bangun Indonesia (SBI) untuk mengolah sampah di Tempat Pengelolaan Sampah Terbarukan (TPST) Bantargebang menjadi energi terbarukan. Kepala Dinas ...
Susuri Kali Surabaya, PJT I dan Tim Patroli Air Pantau Buangan Limbah Lima Industri
Source: Kominfo JatimDate: 29 September 2020 Pemantauan pencemaran limbah di sungai terus dilakukan oleh Dinas Lingkungan Hidup Prov. Jatim, PJT I, BBWS Brantas dan sejumlah LSM yang tergabung dalam Tim Patroli Air Jawa Timur. Dari hasil susur sungai di Kali Surabaya, tim menemukan lima industri yan...
PLN subsidiary to test biomass mixing on 15 coal power plants in 2020
Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 29 September 2020 State electricity company PLN's subsidiary, PT Pembangkitan Jawa Bali (PJB), aims to complete biomass mixing tests on its 15 coal-fired power plants by the end of this year as the company vows to reduce its greenhouse gas footprint, an executive says.&...
North Sumatra’s Kuala Tanjung seaport enjoys increased traffic despite pandemic
Source: The Jakarta PostDate: 28 September 2020 State-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) I has seen an increase in ship calls at its Kuala Tanjung seaport in Batubara regency, North Sumatra, despite the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on global trade. The company's president direc...
Sungai Brantas di Malang dan Batu Terkontaminasi Mikroplastik, Langkah Lanjutan?
Source: Mongabay Date: 26 September 2020 Para peneliti muda yang tergabung dalam Enviromental Green Society meneliti air Sungai Brantas di tiga titik: Bumiaji Kota Batu, Sengkaling Kabupaten Malang dan Klojen, Kota Malang. Hasilnya, kualitas Sungai Brantas buruk, air terkontaminasi mikrop...
SDA DKI Siapkan Sistem Pengolah Air Limbah Terpusat, Ini Lokasinya
Source: Tempo.co Date: 26 September 2020 Dinas Sumber Daya Air DKI Jakarta menyatakan tengah menyiapkan Sistem Pengelolaan Air Limbah Domestik Terpusat (SPALD-T) skala perkotaan dan permukiman di Ibu Kota. Sistem pengolahan limbah tersebut terdiri dari pembangunan Instalasi Pengolahan Air...
Survey: 90 Percent of Young Respondents Are Worried about the Impact of the Climate Crisis
Source: Change.org Date: 25 September 2020 Water Crisis, Food Crisis, and Spread of Disease are the impacts of greatest concern Coinciding with the Global Climate Strike action which will be held simultaneously in many countries in the world, including Indonesia on September 25, 2020, to ...
Lack of return cargo from destination ports remains challenge for maritime highway
Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 24 September 2020 Cargo ships returning empty from destination ports is a core challenge for the government's so-called maritime highway five years after its initiation, officials and experts say. The maritime highway program subsidizes shipping on cer...