Green Batik Forum: A Step Towards Sustainable Batik Industry in Pekalongan

Innovation and Collaboration for Sustainability of Batik Industry On 14 November 2022, Bappeda Pekalongan held a forum where many stakeholders were involved in this forum. Green Batik Forum is a forum held by Bappeda Pekalongan aims to gather insights and ideas on how to create a sustainable ci...

Smart, Sustainable and Resilient cities: the Power of Nature-based Solutions

Date: 23 July 2021Source: UNEP Cities are engines for development and provide opportunities for innovation and interaction. But cities can also exacerbate some of the world's most serious environmental and socioeconomic challenges, and at the same time citizens and urban infrastructure are facing vu...

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Achieving Blue Economy in Indonesia: further steps in sustainable fishing

Ocean has become the blood on Indonesian veins for centuries. There is even a children's song titled "Nenek Moyangku Seorang Pelaut", which translates directly into "My Ancestor was a Sailor". The blood has been ingrained since Javanese sailors arrived in China in 131 AD to the heyday of Srivijaya E...

Indonesia's social forestry programme supports livelihoods and climate action

Source: UNDP Date: 14 June 2021 Indonesia occupies less than one percent of the earth's landmass but has the third largest expanse of tropical forest after the Amazon and the Congo basin. These forests are home to an estimated 10 – 15 percent of all animal and plant species, placing it in the top th...

A Sustainable and Equitable Blue Recovery to the COVID-19 Crisis

Source: The Ocean Panel A healthy ocean is the foundation for vibrant economies. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, ocean-based industries were estimated to contribute 2.5 percent of world gross value added and over 31 million direct full-time jobs. However, as governments seek to reset and rebuild follo...

“Great reboot” or short-term saviour? Bali's seaweed farming revival

Source: The Fish Site Date: 30 April 2021 A renaissance in Bali's seaweed farming sector is being widely touted as a sustainable alternative to tourism, following the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, but the reality is much more complicated. The economic landscape in Bali, Indonesia, has changed dram...

Sustainable ocean economy is the only way forward

Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 7 January 2021  The ocean is indeed a great value to the world. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the Global Change Institute, University of Queensland and Boston Consulting Group estimated the economic value of the ocean at US$24 trillion in 2015, which ...

Water and Circular Economy: A White Paper

Source: ARUP, AnteaGroup and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Date: October 2018 Water systems intersect with all sections of society and industry and opportunities exist in these interfaces to create additional value by application of Circular Economy principles. This white paper postulates...

Alternative Fuels for International Shipping

This study is made by the Maritime Energy & Sustainable Development (MESD) Centre of Excellence and has received research funding from the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI).  Launched in October 2017, Maritime Energy & Sustainable Development (MESD) Centre of Excellence is jointly...