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Recent study shows an increased temperature between 1.4 and 2.4 degrees Celsius in Jakarta’s ground water, scientist said in Jakarta on Friday (2/9).
To tap into Indonesia’s renewable energy potential, government is mapping out the resources and plan to finalized within a year.
Director General of Research and Development, Ministry Research, Technology, and High Education, M. Dimyati, said that Law on Patent could strengthened the protection of the country’s massive genetic resources.
Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) is currently preparing a ministerial regulation on benefit sharing and genetic resources protection in Indonesia.
Environmental watchdogs on Friday urged government to immediately issue legal platform for oil palm moratorium which had been announced by President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo on April 2016.
South Jakarta District Court had granted lawsuit of Ministry of Environment and Forestry against PT National Sago Prima (PT NSP) on Riau forest fires in 2015.
Indonesian Child Protection Agency and Ministry of Political, Legal and Security Affairs will establish a team to investigate the death of 24 children due to mining pits in East Kalimantan.
Ministry of Environment and Forestry targeted revised Conservation Law draft will be finalized by the end of this month.
Water scarcity in Palestine had forced the country’s experts to visit other nations and learn agriculture engineering, including to Indonesia.
Following fast decline of Sumatran tiger (Phantera tigris sumatrae), the Big Cat is predicted to have only 3,000 individuals around the world with less than 400 left in its own habitat, Sumatra island.
Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) found that Indonesia was predicted to have lost Rp 1.3 trillion due to discrepancy data of forestry sector.
Despite of Riau police had ordered to stop investigation over 15 companies allegedly burning lands in 2015, Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya stated that her office would still pursuit legal action against them.
Vice President Jusuf Kalla reminded people to best manage natural resources as he was presenting awards to individuals, communities, schools and cities in practicing environmentally friendly principles.