JAKARTA, BERITALINGKUNGAN.COM- The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) noted that the area of forest and land fires in Riau has reached 2,830 hectares. BNPB Head of Data, Information and Public Relations Center, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, said there are still a number of hot spots to date. “In Riau karhutla is still happening despite our ongoing […]
Continue ReadingKUPANG, BERITALINGKUNGAN.COM- Six baby komodo secured by East Java Regional Police investigators will be returned to their habitat on Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). “The results of coordination with Polda investigators and the East Java Center for Natural Resources Conservation (BBKSDA), six baby dragons confiscated by investigators will be brought back to their habitat,” […]
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday, March 21, 2019 the DPRD of West Papua Province has passed the Special Regional Regulation (Perdasus) for Sustainable Development, which makes West Papua the first conservation province in Indonesia even in the world. The newly approved West Papua Sustainable Development Province places sustainable development and conservation at the forefront of every economic and […]
Continue ReadingTropical Cyclone Savannah continued to move in southerly direction in the Southern Indian Ocean and move away from Indonesia. NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a visible image of the storm. Savannah is no threat to land areas. Savannah formed on March 14 as Tropical Cyclone 19S and once it strengthened into a tropical storm it […]
Continue ReadingLarge-scale agriculture, primarily for growing oil palms, remains a major cause of deforestation in Indonesia, but its impact has diminished proportionately in recent years as other natural and human causes emerge, a new Duke University study finds. “In the late 2000s, large-scale plantations were responsible for more than half of Indonesia’s loss of primary natural […]
Continue ReadingPlastic pollution on a beach in Bali. GRID-Arendal / Lawrence Hislop. Bali is considering taxing foreign tourists to tackle the Indonesian island’s mounting plastic pollution problem, The Jakarta Post reported. Bali receives about 6 million visitors annually, mostly from China and Australia. As Bali’s tourist industry has grown in recent decades, the island has struggled […]
Continue ReadingIn the past decades, large areas of forest in Sumatra, Indonesia have been replaced by cash crops like oil palm and rubber plantations. New research, published in the European Geosciences Union journal Biogeosciences, shows that these changes in land use increase temperatures in the region. The added warming could affect plants and animals and make parts […]
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