The impact of climate change, which is increasingly difficult to control, forces all countries in the world to move extra quickly to overcome it in various ways. Without solid and sustainable management, climate change is believed to destroy nature. This is Indonesia’s fear in facing the impact of this natural phenomenon. One of the impacts that is…
In terms of global mercury emissions, Indonesia is among the highest. According to UNEP data , Indonesia ranks third after India and China. Most emissions come from small, community-managed gold mines, often illegal. Another report stated that miners use more than three thousand tons of mercury per year throughout Indonesia. Mercury, hydrargyrum [Hg], or common people know it as mercury, is used…
There’s coffee, petai, duku to rambutan. Jerry Enef is preparing the seeds of this fruit plant to plant in the rest of his land. Most of their customary land has been planted with oil palm. Around 1,500 hectares of Marga Enef’s land has been handed over to PT Tandan Sawita Papua (TSP) for planting oil palm. As compensation for…
The singing bird competition with the prize of one car and the Jambi governor’s trophy has just ended. One of the prestigious categories of this competition is the song magpie ( Copsychus malabaricus ). The stone magpie, which also has the name forest kucica, is known as a bird with a melodious voice. The ‘singer’ is also increasingly in demand…
Sumaji Pandu Alam (57) looks at the oil palm seedlings in his yard, for next year’s replanting . This is a type of marihat seed planted at a distance of 9×9 meters. The crown is smaller than the average palm which can reach 7-8 meters. Sumaji is an independent oil palm smallholder and has partnered with a palm oil…
The wind and waves have been unfriendly since the afternoon of December 24, 2022. Residents on the coast of Pondok Perasi, Bintaro Village, Ampenan District, Mataram City, NTB have moved their valuables. Residents whose houses are closest to the beach feel that the waves will get more violent at night. The night before, the sound of the…
The air began to feel warm, that morning. A 20-year-old youth is observing the trees on the west side of Mount Tilu, West Java. With a monocular and a tripod, he was looking for the presence of the rhino hornbill which usually perches in fig trees. The Tilu Mountain Forest in Kuningan Regency, West Java, is a…
Last year was closed with the government’s controversial move to issue Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) Number 2/2022 concerning Job Creation. The regulation that came out suddenly caused various reactions. Various groups of civil society organizations criticized the government and considered the Perppu as an attempt to escape from the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) Number…
“So, why is it perppu, we look normal, but are being peeked at by the threat of global uncertainty….” That was President Joko Widodo’s reason for issuing Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) No. 2/2022 concerning Job Creation, last December. Various groups of civil society also considered, and environmental organizations, Perppu as “disobey against the…
Yusdin Maele climbed a palm or palm tree about seven meters high in Alo Village, Bone Raya District, Bone Bolango, Gorontalo. Occasionally, the 48-year-old man hits the stalks of the flower clusters from the base towards the flower clusters to loosen the pores or sap waterways. It is said that the action was so that the…
This dirt-floored hut contains piles of manure. From this hut looks towering mountain. People used to call Blue Hill, located in Loa Kulu District, Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan. It is at the foot of this hill that the coal is stored which the miners are fighting over. Legimin, Head of RT9 of Sumber Sari Village, said that the…
About 85 Madopolo fishermen from Bisa Island, North Obi, South Halmahera, North Maluku, gathered in front of the Central Madopolo Village Hall. That day, Tuesday (24/1/2023) made them happy because they would be handed over a fishing fleet document or what is known as a Vessel Document Registration Certificate (TDKP). There are 120 TDKP documents for…
One function of mangroves that is widely known by the community is as a very effective store of carbon stocks. However, from 2010 to 2019, mangrove cover has disappeared by more than 190 thousand hectares. In fact, besides these functions, mangroves are also part of the wetland ecosystem which is very important for maintaining the balance…
Officers from the Conservation Section II of Gorontalo, the North Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) and the Sulawesi Security and Law Enforcement Agency, managed to stop the smuggling activity by illegal animal trading networks. Six animals, consisting of four proboscis monkeys or proboscis monkey ( Nasalis larvatus ) and two Javanese gibbons or silvery gibbon ( Hylobates moloch ) were confiscated. Syamsuddin Hadju, Head of the…
Dharma Pinem, sitting relaxed enjoying a cup of coffee, when we met him in Timbang Lawan Village, Langkat Regency, North Sumatra. This man is special. Since 2015, together with some of his friends he has founded the Bahorok Hijau Community. The idea started with the unrest of the community, who planted oil palm but did not make…
Has fallen down the stairs. That is the case with Pakel Banyuwangi farmers, East Java. The land conflict has dragged on, the residents are trying to keep fighting to maintain living space from a large-scale plantation, PT Bumi Sari, now they have to face the law. Three farmers, Mulyadi, Suwarno and Untung became suspects. The three were charged with…
The rain did not dampen the spirit of Tiurma Rosita (29) in participating in the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) activities held by the Indonesian Association for the Conservation of Wild Birds in the Pulau Rambut Wildlife Reserve, Seribu Islands Regency, DKI Jakarta. Armed with a smartphone, the woman with slanted eyes and fair skin seemed enthusiastic about recording the…
Hunting and gathering and gardening, that’s the life of the indigenous people in the Grime Nawa Valley, Papua. They live from the forest. At least, there are seven tribes living in this valley which is located in Jayapura Regency, Papua. There are the Kemtuk, Gresi, Namblong, Uria, Elseng, Aotaba, and Tecuari tribes. They live and are scattered in the…
A number of hamlets in the wetland area of Ogan Ilir [OI] and Ogan Komering Ilir [OKI] Regencies, South Sumatra, are centers for fresh water fish. Changes in the landscape make fish populations continue to decrease. A number of fish culinary traditions are also in danger of being lost. “It’s been difficult to make sale ikan [smoked…
Two boxes containing 220 birds of various types in a state of death. There are preserved mice. Small cuscus, skins of mammals, to reptiles, are all preserved. Hundreds of these preserved animals will be sent to Siska from PT Papua Diving. After investigation, the preserved animals belonged to Wild Jr. Michael Jon, an American who has worked as an…
“I have, I own. Just take a look if it wasn’t me who planted it, while there is where my house used to be. I don’t let them take it,” said Hairani, a woman from Tobelo Dalam, complaining that the forest which is her living space is slowly disappearing recently. Together with Turaji, her husband, she lives…
Enthusiastic, focused and happy. Those three words really fit the description of ten young people who worked hard to complete their learning assignments in the field directly in Tolitoli Regency, Central Sulawesi, in early December 2022. The ten young people joined a study group assigned by a well-known campus in Bogor, West Java: IPB University. There, they…
The sun was already shining through the window. I’m still trying to open my eyes and glance at the time on the cell phone. Oh, it’s already 7 in the morning. Today, in mid-April 2011, in the midst of a lively rice harvest celebration for the Dayak Wehea tribe, in the village of Nehas Liah Bing, Muara Wahau,…