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Ministry of Environment and Forestry and Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia’s biggest Islamic organization, will increase waste management in Indonesia through Training of Trainer of Waste Bank management.
At least 150 personnel of Central Java Natural Resources Conservation Agency, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Perhutani, police, and volunteers were involved in the firefighting of nearly 30 hectares burned since Monday (10/09/2018) at 4pm.
At least 562 birds or 31.73 percent out of 1,771 birds in Indonesia are now protected. Previously, only 437 birds were protected.
All parrots of Wallace are officially protected under a ministerial decree issued in 2018. The new regulation is expected to reduce threats of hunting and trading of parrots as birds are the most species to be protected.
Ministry of Marine and Fisheries allocates two and a half billion rupiah on plastic waste management facilities, as part of Love Ocean Movement or Gita Laut, a program initiated by Spatial Planning directorate general to preserve oceans.
The 2018 Asian Games, ended on Sunday (3/9/2018), added one among the new ten sports, Waste Disposal Sport, which was coined by Uci Galuh Kesumanjanti, a creator of pictogram.
Ministry of Environment and Forestry signed a Memorandum of Understanding and an agreement for integrated waste management program with six districts and cities in Citarum watershed as part to support Citarum Bersih program.
Developing circular economy is the focus of Ministry of Environment and Forestry to tackle waste issue. The concept is expected to reduce waste volume in landfill and creating new economic opportunities.
Indonesian government has targeted for energy sector to contribute 11 percent or 314 million tons of CO2. Nevertheless, there is a gap policy between fossil fuel and renewable energy.
Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund or ICCTF has been funding 76 projects of land based mitigation, adaptation and energy throughout the country.
Following Global Tiger day on 29 July 2018, WWF Indonesia and Environment and Forestry Ministry released a video showing the successful Sumatran tiger breed in wildlife.
Another earthquake hit Lombok island of West Nusa Tenggara on Sunday (05/08/2018) with a magnitude of 7, bigger than on July. The center of the earthquake was at north-northeast slope of Rinjani mountain as a result of Flores Back Arc Thrust activities.
Ecological Observation and Wetlands Conservation (Ecoton) revealed plastic waste found inside of fishes in Brantas river of East Java.