Indonesia

Trash heroes and scavenger apps battle Bali ‘garbage emergency’

Five years ago, tour guide Wayan Aksara noticed that more and more visitors he showed around the Indonesian island of Bali were complaining about garbage on its once-pristine beaches.

Publication Date:

24/07/2018

Source: Eco Business

Tags:

Solid Waste, Waste Recycling, Garbage, Indonesia, Plastics, Waste Management, River Pollution

Environment

RSPO fails to deliver on environmental and social sustainability, study finds

JAKARTA — Oil palm plantations that adhere to the world’s leading certification scheme for the crop show no difference in environmental, social and economic sustainability than non-certified estate

Publication Date:

12/07/2018

Source: Mongabay

Tags:

Environment, Palm Oil, Endangered Species, Forests, Deforestation, Indonesia

Land

Locals face long delays but companies win land rights with ease - report

Rural and indigenous communities worldwide must wade through decades of red tape to secure property rights while companies can win those rights within weeks, putting local people at grave risk of l

Publication Date:

12/07/2018

Source: Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)

Tags:

Land, Tribals, Farmers, Agriculture, South America, Asia, Africa, Palm Oil, Land Acquisition, Peru, Indonesia, Philippines, Conflicts

Health

Explorations of inequality: childhood immunization

This report takes a detailed look at the current status of childhood immunization in 10 priority countries: Afghanistan, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan and Uganda.

Publication Date:

01/07/2018

Source: WHO

Tags:

Immunisation, Child Health, Children, Vaccination, Health Care, India, Chad, Congo, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Uganda

Energy

Risks in renewable energy markets in emerging economies: spotlight on South Africa and Indonesia

In order to accelerate the global transition to clean energy, it is important to systematically identify the risks associated with RE deployment and address these risks through a combination of policy and market-based interventions.

Publication Date:

27/06/2018

Author(s): Kanika Chawla, Manu Aggarwal, Anjali Viswamohanan, Arjun Dutt, Neeraj Kuldeep

Source: Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)

Tags:

Renewable Energy, Finance, Electricity, GDP, Indonesia, South Africa

Natural Disasters

Quake with magnitude of 6.0 strikes off Indonesia's Sumatra - USGS

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but there were no initial reports of damage or injury.

Publication Date:

13/06/2018

Source: Reuters

Tags:

Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Indonesia

Climate Change

Remote assessment of extracted volumes and greenhouse gases from tropical timber harvest

Timber harvest from tropical regions generates seven billion dollars annually in exports and is estimated to occur across 20% of the area of remaining tropical forests. This timber harvesting is estimated to account for more than one in eight of all greenhouse gas emissions from tropical forests. Yet there is currently no means to independently estimate extracted volumes and associated greenhouse gas emissions.

Original Source

Publication Date:

04/06/2018

Author(s): Timothy R H Pearson, Blanca Bernal, Stephen C Hagen & et al

Source: Environmental Research Letters

Vol:

13

Issue:

6

pp:

1-10

Tags:

Tropical Forests, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Timber Industry, Biomass, REDD, Remote Sensing, Brazil, Amazon, Indonesia, Deforestation, Land Use

Wildlife

Newly discovered Orangutan species requires urgent habitat protection

Remaining habitat for P. tapanuliensis is threatened by forest fragmentation, habitat degradation, and conversion that are slated to continue. These are critical factors for the survival of large primates, and particularly Sumatran orangutans, including P. tapanuliensis. Presently, individuals of this species are divided among three forest fragments in the Batang Toru region of Sumatra.

Publication Date:

04/06/2018

Author(s): Sean Sloan, Jatna Supriatna, Mason J. Campbell & et al

Source: Current Biology

pp:

1-3

Tags:

Monkey, Endangered Species, Deforestation, Indonesia, Land Use, Agriculture, Poaching

Mining

Contemporary coal dynamics in Indonesia

This paper explores the political economy of coal mining in Indonesia, and looks at how policy changes over the last few years might affect coal production and export.

Publication Date:

01/06/2018

Author(s): Aaron Atteridge, May Thazin Aung, Agus Nugroho

Source: Stockholm Environment Institute

Tags:

Coal, Mining, Indonesia, Exports, Coal Industry, Corruption

Natural Disasters