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Flood leaves at least 15 dead, dozens missing in South Sulawesi
Severe flooding that hit North Luwu regency, South Sulawesi on Monday, has left at least 15 people dead and dozens more missing. (Courtesy of National Disaster Mitigation Agency/BNPB) Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 15 July 2020 Severe flooding that hit North Luwu regency, South Sulawesi, on Monday, has left at least…
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Pandemic disrupts food distribution across country, minister says
Trucks line up at Sunda Kelapa Port in North Jakarta on Tuesday. The port resumed loading and unloading activities after the Jakarta administration eased the physical distancing policy on June 5. (JP/Arief Suhardiman) Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 15 July 2020 The logistics disruption due to social restrictions to contain COVID-19…
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Indonesian coal plant taints South Korea’s green pledge
Ramidin, 59, a local fisherman, smokes a cigarette as he prepares for fishing at a port near the coal-fired power plant owned by Indonesia Power in Suralaya, Banten province, Indonesia, July 11, 2020. (REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan) Source: Reuters Date: 16 July 2020 Indonesian fisherman Ramidin says he used to catch stingray by paddling…
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Mangrove forests to hereafter not be converted into ponds: Minister
Aerial photo of the mangrove forest cover in the buffer zone of Sumatra’s East Coast Mangrove Forest Nature Reserve, which has been partially converted into an oil palm plantation area in Mendahara, Tanjungjabung Timur, Jambi, Friday (10/07/2020). (ANTARA PHOTO/Wahdi Septiawan/wsj) Source: ANTARA News Date: 16 July 2020 Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister,…
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Three reasons why banning plastic bags is problematic
Featured A woman carrying a child stands in front of a giant mound of plastic waste in Bekasi, West Java. ANTARA FOTO/ Fakhri Hermansyah/pras Source: The Conversation Date: 17 July 2020 There has been a growing trend of restrictions and bans on plastic bag use worldwide. By mid-2018, over 127 countries had…
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Govt inaugurates Central Java plant able to produce fuel from waste
Island of plastic: Goats rummage through plastic waste on Panggang Island in Thousand Islands regency, north of Jakarta. The government plans to impose a plastic bag excise tax in a bid to fight plastic pollution. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama) Source: The Jakarta Post Date: 21 July 2020 The government inaugurated on Monday a…
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Ministry Sets Target to Rehabilitate 200 ha of Mangrove Forests
Featured Ministry Sets Target to Rehabilitate 200 ha of Mangrove Forests Source: Tempo.co Date: 26 July 2020 The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) has set a target to rehabilitate 200 ha of mangrove forests in several coastal regions across Indonesia this year. KKP planned to improve the condition of…
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Port operator Pelindo III records decline in ship traffic
Workers move ballot boxes onto the KM Sabuk Nusantara 92 at Tanjung Perak Port in Surabaya, East Java, in this undated photo. State-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III recorded a decline in freight ship traffic in this year’s first half as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts global trade. (Antara/Moch…
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Deadline Approaching for Jakarta Waste Plants as Landfill to Reach Full Capacity in 2021
Worker operate heavy machinery at Sunter Intermediate Treatment Facility in north Jakarta last year. (Antara Photo/Aprillio Akbar) Source: Jakarta Globe Date: 27 July 2020 Jakarta’s city administration has pledged to accelerate the construction of intermediate waste treatment facilities to convert waste to energy at four locations across the capital as the…
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ASEAN loses a third of mangroves in last 40 years
An aerial view of the mangrove forest zone in Teluk Bintuni regency, West Papua in this undated file photo.The ASEAN region lost about 33 per cent of its mangrove forests between 1980 and 2020, a decrease of more than 63,000sq km, said the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB). (JP/Jerry Adiguna)…
