New data published by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) reveals that the overall 2023 air pollution levels in Jakarta were arguably the worst since 2019. Despite improvements between 2020 and 2022, the rise of pollution in 2023 is a notable setback. Over 29 million people …
Indonesia is excited over the development of a new strain of cocoa. The locally- developed strain has twin benefits: it makes far tastier chocolate, and is also resistant to a disease that has wrecked havoc on a greater part of the country's cocoa crop. Elated industry spokesmen foresee bigger cocoa …
SINCE Rachel Carson's Silent Spring , written in 1962, tried to wake the world to the damage pesticides can do both to human health and the environment, the limitations of chemical pesticides have been well documented. Five million people we poisoned by pesticides, of which some 40,000 die each year. …
Firms owned by the Indonesian government will have a 49 per cent stake in 2 forest concessions of Barito Pacific Timber, according to an agreement reached in September between the government and the timber giant. The government, in turn, will renew Barito's permits for logging. Indonesian officials are euphoric over …
President Suharto of Indonesia is under fire for allegedly diverting $189 million intended for the forestry ministry's rainforest preservation programme to the state-owned aircraft maker, Industri Pesawat Terbang Negara, as an interest-free loan. Suharto now faces a legal challenge from 11 Indonesian environmental groups who plan to take their case …
The pristine charm of the Java and Bali islands may be lost forever if the Indonesian government persists in barging through its nuclear ambitions. Riding roughshod over the criticism of environmentalists and some opposition parties, the government seems determined to push through a proposed chain of 12 nuclear power stations …
Indonesian farmers are seething with anger at the government's penchant for building golf resorts. To make way for the greens, the peasants are being forced to move out in search of other pastures, which are becoming increasingly difficult to find. As if to add insult to injyry, golf greens will …
A PROPOSED dam in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, has raised a storm of protest, reports Dewi Sartika. The hydro-electric project is to be sited at Lore Lindu National Park, in Donggala Regency, about 200 km from Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi. Conservationists fear that the project will endanger the area's …
RECENT research in Indonesia has revealed that urban waste and bagasse from sugar cane can be used to generate electricity, reports Dewi Sartika for Panos Features. This would also help solve the problems of waste disposal and pollution created by sewage leakage. However, the hunt for partners for the projects …
INDONESIA will start putting ecolabels on tropical timber from sustainable sources from 1995, in order to comply with the International Timber Trade Organisation's (ITTO) policy on ecolabelling. However, the decision has spawned doubts about enforcement and fears of a negative impact on the country's timber industry. The ITTO policy maintains …
MADAGASCAR has been steadily losing its market share for vanilla, one of its major export commodities. In the early 1970s, 70 per cent of the vanilla consumed worldwide came from Madagascar. This has declined now to 50 per cent as high prices and illicit shipments of poor quality vanilla are …
THE WORLD'S largest exporter of hardwood plywood, Indonesian tycoon Prajogo Pangestu, is having to defend himself against criticism that he has close links with President Suharto. Prajogo has diversified into huge state-subsidised softwood plantations in partnership with Siti Hardijanti Rukmana, Suharto's eldest daughter. The criticism comes even as Prajogo launches …
IMPORT of waste scrap material -- some of which could be toxic -- for recycling, has created a controversy in Indonesia. Scavengers in Jakarta are complaining that the price of recycled items has fallen so low, their livelihood is threatened. Their demand for an immediate ban is supported by the …
THOUGH the implementation of a structural adjustment programme has yet to be announced by either Indonesia or the World Bank, recent events indicate such a step has already been taken. The 1993-94 Indonesian budget increases total income-tax revenue by 36 per cent and also raises the cost of transport, electricity …
INDONESIA boasts its coastline is generally clean, but these claims are based on data that is at least eight years old. Experts say the problems resulting from urban waste and oil pollution in the Strait of Malacca may be quite serious now. One reason why marine data is given such …
THERE is really pleasing no one. Last month, the Indonesian government lifted an eight-year ban on export of raw wood -- and came under fire from both environmentalists and business interests. The ban was lifted in response to a demand by the General Agreement on Trade and Tarriffs (GATT), which …
International Conference on Agriculture, Biology and Environmental Sciences (ICABES'14) scheduled on Dec. 8-9, 2014 at Bali (Indonesia) aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Environment, Agriculture & Medical Sciences, and discuss the practical challenges …
Climate change has become a crucial issue for today’s world community. Their impacts influence many aspects of human life and therefore, in need of in-depth studies and its output can be used by policy makers. To address various issues faced by living populations due to climate change, Space Science Centre …
International Postgraduate Network (IPN.org) is hosting ICREE 2014 International Conference on Renewable Energy and Environment which will be held at Jakarta, Indonesia on the 12th and 13th of December 2014. Academicians, researchers and PhD/Master candidates are invited to submit papers to the conference.This conference provides opportunities for the delegates to …
2nd International Conference on Agriculture, Environment and Biological Sciences (ICAEBS’15) scheduled on August 16-17, 2015 at Bali (Indonesia) aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of Agriculture, Environment and Biological Sciences, and discuss the practical …
University Malaysia Perlis, UNIMAP is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the Renewable Energy and Green Technology International Conference on 2 – 4 June 2015 in Bali, Indonesia. This international level conference its aim to be more specific in the development and cutting-edge technology related to Renewable Energy …
