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A coalition of civil societies, Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Indonesia, urged President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Ignasius Jonan, to cancel on mineral export relaxation policy.
East Java Natural Resources Conservation Agency announced Javan banteng (Bos Javanicus) had been declining for the past four years, between 2013-2016, after monitoring in three areas.
Easy to find in shallow waters and center of tourist attraction, epaulette sharks or walking sharks in Indonesia is facing serious threats.
Post Paris Agreement ratification into the law, Indonesia is obligated to implement climate change adaptation and mitigation programs at local levels.
All achievements are still needed to be improved as there are works far from satisfying, especially in building neat and organized institution, not systematized policies and measurable work results.
Though forest and land fires intensity declined in 2016, Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) had instructed regional governments to declare Alert Status at the beginning of the year.
Telkom University working together with Schneider Electric Campus Ambassador, created a charging station powered by bicycle at a city park, Bike for Charge.
In 2020, half of Indonesia’s population will be living in the cities leading to increase transportation, 12 percent per year, dominated by motorcycles.
Ministry of Industry took on the initiative to push on green cars industry as part of the effort to achieve 29 percent of emission reduction by 2030 from transportation sector.
President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo said that the welfare of 10,2 million people living in the forests areas was far from achieved due to legal aspects in forest management.
Peatland Restoration Agency, or locally known as BRG, is aiming to built 70 major canal blocks and 3,000 smaller canal blocks in Central Kalimantan, next year.
In the effort to tackle climate change, there’s still lack of involvement from indigenous peoples to manage natural resources in Indonesia.
Government is preparing a grand design to prevent Indonesia’s annual forest, land, and plantation fires, which would involved 17 ministries, 66 districts/cities and 731 villages.