Land degradation related to the destruction of mangroves and peatlands as well as biodiversity became an issue that was deepened at the second G20 Sherpa meeting in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara. Director General of Pollution Control and Environmental Damage at the Ministry of Environment and...
Indonesia slashes 2021 mangrove restoration target, vows to make up in 2022
Source: MongabayDate: November 17, 2021. Indonesia has scaled back its target for mangrove restoration this year, but says its longer-term goal of rehabilitating 630,000 hectares (1.55 million acres) by 2024 remains unchanged. It blames "technical hurdles," including the diversion of funding for the...
KNTI calls for accelerating, expanding mangrove ecosystem restoration
Source: ANTARADate: November 8, 2021. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Traditional Fishers Association (KNTI) has encouraged to expedite and expand policies pertaining to the restoration of mangrove ecosystems or forests in regions. "The KNTI itself has long pushed for the restoration of mang...
Mangrove: why it's good to keep
Mangroves can store 9 times more carbon in the soil compared to tropical forests. Yeah, it is incredible. Surprised much? Find out other facts about mangroves! Infographic by Rizki Ramadhan Prayitno (The Water Agency)
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Indonesia Water Journal - JULY 2021
Dear readers, Welcome to Indonesia Water Journal July 2021 Edition! We have highlighted some articles and infographics related to water, mangrove, and peatland conservation as we celebrate World Nature Conservation Day this month. Feel free to share this Journal with your colleagues as we aim to pro...
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...
Restoring mangroves to raise people’s welfare and mitigate climate change
Source: The Jakarta PostDate: July 26, 2021 Indonesia is scrambling to restore its sizeable mangrove forest loss, with the national Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM) tasked with accelerating the process over the next four years, as the consequences of mangrove deforestation have been i...
On an island scarred by tin mining, mangrove planting preserves shrimp tradition
Source: MongabayDate: May 13, 2021 Mining, aquaculture, plantations and other commercial activities have taken a toll on mangroves in Indonesia, home to the world's largest extent of these important ecosystems.On the Bangka-Belitung islands off Sumatra, residents of one village are doing their part ...
Riau Islands: BRGM aims to restore 4,617 ha of mangroves
Source: ANTARADate: April 26, 2021 Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Board (BRGM) has set a target of rehabilitating 4,617 hectares of mangroves in Riau Islands province this year. Riau Islands' mangroves are spread over an area of 69,042 hectares, and account for 20.84 percen...
Widodo claims Indonesia leading by example on climate change
Souce: RNZDate: April 23, 2021 Indonesia's president says greenhouse gas reduction commitments by developed countries powers must be credible if developing countries are to follow suit. Joko Widodo was among dozens of world leaders speaking at the US-hosted virtual Leaders Summit on Climate Change u...
Marine Ministry to get additional budget for mangrove rehabilitation
Source: ANTARADate: April 8, 2021 Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) is expected to receive an additional budget allocation of Rp43.34 billion in 2021 to support mangrove rehabilitation programs in four provinces. The ministry's budget ceiling in 2021 would i...
Java’s mangroves pay a high price for stopping plastic flowing out to sea
Source: Mongabay Date: 5 April 2021 Mangroves are known to trap plastic waste and stop it entering the sea, but this defense comes at a high cost to mangrove forests themselves, a new study shows.Researchers working in Indonesia's Central Java province found plastic carpeting half of the mangrove fl...
Mangrove Rehabilitation to Start on 150,000 Hectares Lands in 2021, Luhut Says
Source: Tempo.co Date: 26 January 2021 The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan targeted the mangrove rehabilitation program will be started on 150,000 hectares (ha) of land in 2021. It was conveyed in the coordination meeting on the accelerati...
Indonesia creates expert wetlands team to revitalize development goal efforts
Source: Forests NewsDate: 30 December 2020 Getting a jump start on U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration A Strategic Coordination Team for Wetlands Management created by Indonesia's Ministry of National Planning or National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) in October aims to streamline the coun...
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 ...