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Indonesia set up a team to deal with recent case of a British yacht which crashed into the country’s coral reef in Raja Ampat water areas.
At least 14 out of 26 komodo dragon eggs hatched at Taman Safari Indonesia, Cisarua, Bogor, from Rangga (male) and Rinca (female), up to March 5, 2017.
Program manager of Wildlife Crime Unit, Dwi Nugroho Adhiasto said despite of wildlife domestication violate the conservation law, there were never any law enforcement upheld on these cases.
Following a new ministerial regulation on Business Working Plan revisions issued by Ministry of Environment and Forestry, activist slammed it as ‘luxury’ granted to corporate.
Ministry of Environment and Forestry awarded four companies at the peak of National Waste Care Day for their waste management on Tuesday (28/2), in Kenjeran, Surabaya.
As Indonesia being dubbed as second largest plastic waste producer, Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Susi Pudjiastuti, said that her office would take more concerns on the issue commenting on the bad waste management in Bali.
The Global Mangrove Alliance aimed to set up a global cooperation to optimize the experiences, funds, knowledge, resources, and diverse sets of skills to increase awareness on the importance of mangrove as coastal ecosystem.
Patrick Thomas, Plastic Europe President and member of World Plastic Council, said that bad consumption has led to increasing waste volume that people have yet to aware if disasters hit them back.
Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Archandra Tahar, said new and renewable energy development was no longer an option but necessity.
Nearly 90 percent of world’s coral reefs would be gone by 2050 which poses threats for millions of people in developing countries.
The Sunken Billions Revisited, a study reported in 2009, said that lesser fishing will be able to save fish from over-exploitation and generates additional income up to 83 billion dollars per year.
Activists criticized Indonesia’s maritime plans as ‘not transparent’ following Vice President Jusuf Kalla and Coordinating Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan’s statements at World Ocean Summit 2017, in Nusa Dua, Bali.
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister of Maritime Issues, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, said that Indonesia has been committed to deal with issues such as over fishing and illegal fishing, plastic waste and educational programs on ocean.