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Sarwono Kusumaatmadja, former Ministry of Environment during Development VI Cabinet, between 1993-1998, said that waste issues and management have become common issues and could not be tackled by one institution.
A recent monitoring discovered at least a young Javan gibbon in Gede Pangrango National Park, said Adison adding that the monitoring was conducted three times, — April, June and August –, this year.
Capt. Rudiana, Director of Shipping and Maritime Affairs, Ministry of Transportation, said that the waste throwing case could happened as it was hard to monitor on board the ships.
At least 71,820 orangutans left in the islands of Sumatra and Borneo (of which comprises of Kalimantan, Sabah and Serawak in a total of 17,460,600 hectares.
Zainal Arifin, an ocean researcher of Oceanography Research Center, Indonesian Institute for Sciences, said that it would not be easy to study the current which had brought the waste to the country.
Dozens of fishermen’s children of Marunda Kepu and Muara Angke, north Jakarta, wrote down their wishes for Indonesia’s 72th Independence Day, one of them was for a better and sovereign Indonesia.
Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya admits forest and environmental spatial planning under registered forestry pattern has yet to improve people’s welfare, especially those living near or inside forest areas.
Lawmakers ensure that revision on biodiversity law will also include tasks and roles for each ministries, such as ministry of environment and forestry, ministry of marine and fisheries and ministry of agriculture, said a lawmaker, in Situbondo, on Thursday (10/8).
Based on Indonesian Elephant Conservation Forum data in 2014, there are 1,724 individuals or decrease 28 percent from 2400 to 2800 individuals recorded in 2007.
Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) urges government to implement its commitments on indigenous rights, said its secretary general Rukka Sombolinggi, in Jakarta, on Wednesday (9/8), to commemorate International Indigenous Peoples Day.
President Joko Widodo said that Indonesia’s forest management should no longer based on routines and monotonous.
A senior official urges local administrations to be creative in tackling waste issues, especially those with minimum budget.
Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, inaugurated Sumatran Tiger Rehabilitation Center in Dharmasraya, in West Sumatra, on Saturday (29/7) as part of Global Tiger Day.










































