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At least ten tons of plastic and cans waste produced by Bogor Botanical Garden every year. Lack of people’s awareness and increasing visitors resulted to piling up waste in the site.
As a country prone to earthquakes, Indonesia has yet to be able to predict the natural disaster prompted the country’s agency for disaster mitigation (BNPB) to apply an early warning system.
Indonesia officially released categories of vehicles required to apply Euro 4 in accordance to newly issued Ministerial Regulation of Environment and Forestry.
Ministry of Environment and Forestry finally stipulates motor vehicles and fuel stations to upgrade to Euro 4 standards.
Proper development of biodiversity parks will increase local biodiversity and support plants and animals conservation outside forest areas.
Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) targeted to install 16 water quality monitoring devices in 15 rivers in the country by 2017.
Ministry for Public Works and Human Settlements (PUPera) underlines two approaches in waste water management, especially from domestic and industry.
In 2015, weather phenomenon El Nino triggered hotspots. Fires were inevitable resulted to 18,000 hectares of Mawas Conservation Program burned down. Consequently, wild orangutans moved to other parts of the forest to survive.
Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) ensures geothermal project development will be minimum potential of toxic and dangerous pollution, either for human or environment.
Institute of Critical Zoologist (ICZ) revealed at least 350 new species unidentified in the relatively new island, Pejantan Island.
Following recent boat crash on Raja Ampat coral reef, Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation (Kehati) set up a trust fund focusing on sea patrol and people empowerment.
A legal instrument to enforce coral reefs damages by MV Caledonian Sky yacht was being prepared by the government team, said Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya Bakar.
The use of mercury especially on people’s mining and small mining has been creating environment damages as well as health issues. As a result, government is taking actions against the use of the dangerous chemical for people’s mining.