Source: ANTARADate: January 27, 2022 Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi (ANTARA) - Five areas in Southeast Sulawesi were at risk of receiving moderate to heavy rains accompanied by lightning or thunder and strong winds, according to the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency.The Kendari Meteorolog...
Why do we need Indonesia’s rainforests?
According to National Geographic, a rain forest is simply an area of tall, mostly evergreen trees and a high amount of rainfall. This dense rain forest is on the island of Borneo, which straddles two oceans (the Indian and the South Pacific) and is shared by three nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, and B...
As climate talks near, pressure grows on Asia to cancel new coal projects
Source: The Jakarta PostDate: September 14, 2021 New coal projects in decline as financing disappearsAsia at the center of world's remaining coal pipelineMeasures needed to mitigate unemployment, inequalities With six nations accounting for over 80 percent of planned new coal projects globally...
Mangrove Conservation and Restoration: Protecting Indonesia’s “Climate Guardians”
Source: The World Bank Date:26 July 2021 "In 2007, my father asked people to join him to plant mangroves, but only a few were interested. Now, we feel the impact of beach abrasion on our daily lives. The sand began to erode, and many of the islands around Yensawai began to disappear," said Konstanti...
Why Indonesia’s rice paddy expansion is raising climate concerns
Source: The Christian Science MonitorDate: May 20, 2021. By canoe, it's a 20-minute ride from the nearest village to the last piece of paradise in the heart of Borneo. The destination is a small research station in a tropical forest that is home to orangutans, proboscis monkeys, majestic hornbills, ...
Water Management Worldwide Is Failing, It's Time for A New Approach
Source: Pursuit Date: 12 August 2020 Climate extremes are not going away during the pandemic, testing water management to its limits. We need robust inter-disciplinary solutions from climate and social scientists, engineers and lawyers. The United Nations recently announced that prog...
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-...
Indonesia’s new rice cultivation plan will undermine peatland restoration efforts
Source: Eco-BusinessDate: 5 June 2020 The government of Indonesia does not fully utilise knowledge about sustainable peatland management. The new rice plan will not support the restoration of degraded peatlands as rice as a dryland species does not support peat soil formation. More than 2 million he...
Jokowi warns of harsher dry season in Indonesia's 30-percent regions
Source: ANTARA NewsDate: 5 May 2020 Jakarta - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given directives to his aides to be better prepared as a precautionary measure against a "drier than normal" dry season in 30 percent of Indonesia's regions in 2020. During a virtual limited meeting from the Merdek...
Papua mangroves could help Indonesia coast to climate targets
Source: Forests NewsDate: 24 March 2020 Indonesia - The characteristics of mangroves in a range of ecosystems – from undisturbed natural settings to areas where considerable land-use changes have occurred – should be evaluated to properly assess country-level blue carbon emissions accounting, acco...