Interviews & Opinions
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Kartini’s Day: Disclosing Stories of Women in The Water-Related Sector
Featured Editorials Interviews & Opinions Indonesia Water Journal Indonesia Water Portal Monday, 10 May 2021 Kartini Day: Disclosing Stories of Women in the Water-Related Sector (Cover by Rizki Ramadhan Prayitno/The Water Agency) In Indonesia, Kartini’s Day is celebrated annually on the 21st of April. The day is to commemorate the birth…
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Amid the 47th World Environment Day, water remains a conundrum for the environment
Featured Editorials Interviews & Opinions Indonesia Water Journal Indonesia Water Portal Monday, 28 June 2021 Photo by: Rachman/Bisnis. This year, the world celebrates the 47th World Environment Day. A day where everyone encourages awareness and action for the preservation of the environment. Each year, the program has provided a theme…
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Achieving Blue Economy in Indonesia: further steps in sustainable fishing
Featured News Editorials Interviews & Opinions Indonesia Water Journal Indonesia Water Portal Wednesday, 30 June 2021 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…
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Flood-free Jakarta
News General News Editorials Interviews & Opinions Indonesia Water Portal Monday, 20 December 2021 Motorists stop their vehicle at the edge of the flooded Jl. Warung Buncit Raya in South Jakarta on Feb. 20, 2021. Heavy rain in the past few days caused several parts of Jakarta and its surrounding…
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Clean Rivers are Essential for Indonesia’s Clean Energy Transition
News General News Editorials Interviews & Opinions Indonesia Water Portal Wednesday, 12 January 2022 The Mamberamo, one of Indonesia’s largest rivers, has long been the target of hydropower development plans, though not without controversy. Photo by: Benfrizsmalau via Wikimedia Commons. Source: MongabayDate: January 11, 2022 Commentary by Warief Djajanto Basorie…
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Sustainable water management bolsters water resiliency
News General News Editorials Interviews & Opinions Indonesia Water Portal Wednesday, 16 March 2022 Illustration of water infratsructure in Indonesia. Photo by: PUPR Source: ANTARADate: March 16, 2022 Jakarta (ANTARA) – The sustainable water resource management program is necessary to improve Indonesia’s water resiliency, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga…
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Indonesia has been selected to host the World Water Forum in 2024
News General News Editorials Interviews & Opinions Indonesia Water Portal Monday, 21 March 2022 Minister of Public Works and Public Housing, Basuki Hadimuljono. Photo by: KOMPAS Source: KOMPASDate: March 21, 2022 JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) announced that Indonesia was chosen to host…
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Conservation: how to do it right
Featured News Editorials Interviews & Opinions Indonesia Water Journal Indonesia Water Portal Tuesday, 27 July 2021 Picture by Aqua. Save water. That’s a very common phrase we often see all over the media. Although it may sound cliché, actually the short phrase has a really deep meaning. To put it…
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Climate Change Impacts on Water-Related Sectors
Climate Change can be defined as any variations in climate patterns that last for a long period of time: decades or more. The prime cause of climate change is Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission, typically Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Methane (CH4), mainly caused by burning fossil fuels for energy use. Now,…
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Integrated Water Resource Management of the Mekong, the Transboundary River
United Nations Water (UN Water) defines transboundary waters as the aquifers, and lake and river basins shared by two or more countries. Nearly half of the Earth’s land surface is occupied by 263 transboundary lakes which provide 60 percent of global freshwater flow on which 2 billion people worldwide depend…
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