The unusually candid letter sent by the China Chamber of Commerce to President Prabowo Subianto reads less like a diplomatic communication than a warning — the political bargain behind Indonesia’s nickel boom is beginning to unravel.
Environment
China’s GEM said the environmental permit for its nickel and cobalt joint venture project in Indonesia’s central Sulawesi had not been revoked, after a fatal landslide last month prompted the local government to say it was considering the move.
The Komodo dragon, the world’s largest lizard species with a limited (endemic) distribution in Indonesia and protected status, is facing increasing threats to its population. The current population is estimated at 3,319 individuals. This rare species is threatened not only by poaching and natural predators, but also by climate change and the gradual loss of its habitat.
Published in the Records of the Australian Museum journal, ground-breaking research indicates two marsupial species, previously thought to be extinct for over 6,000 years, have been discovered living in the remote rainforests of the Vogelkop Peninsula in Papuan Indonesia.
A developing opportunity between Australia and Indonesia could underpin a green “powerhouse” partnership in a net-zero world, but coal-fired processing, downstreaming rules and geopolitics keep straining progress.
As the rare pygmy blue whale began to surface in the waters off Kupang in Indonesia, the researchers knew they had mere seconds to deploy their satellite tag before the marine mammal dove back underwater.
More than half of Indonesian households still burn their trash, often because bulky or inorganic waste isn’t collected and dumping it creates safety risks in dense neighbourhoods.
Prof. Meldal yang juga merupakan Head of the Center for Evolutionary Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, tampil sebagai pembicara utama dalam kegiatan “Nobel Laureate Lecture at Hasanuddin University”.
The close neighbour has sent business delegates to explore investment opportunities in Indonesia. President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the state asset fund Danantara to spearhead the waste-to-energy project. Australia’s Business Champion for Indonesia Jennifer Westacott revealed on Wednesday that Danantara had made its business pitch of how foreign investors could join the country’s quest to generate electricity from waste.
The plan to revoke the license of PT Agincourt Resources, the operator of the Martabe Gold Mine in North Sumatra, is progressing without clear direction. The administrative process regarding this decision remains unclear, and there are discussions about the takeover of the mine involving State-Owned Enterprises.
Indonesia’s operational and planned captive coal power capacity has reached 31 gigawatts (GW), triple its 2023 baseline and larger than Australia’s current coal fleet, according to new analysis from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) and Global Energy Monitor (GEM).
Workshop ini mengangkat tema “Exploring Climate-Resilience Health System in Coastal Area Central Sulawesi and Southeast Sulawesi Province”, yang menitikberatkan pada penguatan sistem kesehatan yang tangguh terhadap perubahan iklim, khususnya di wilayah pesisir Provinsi Sulawesi Tengah dan Sulawesi Tenggara.
Palm oil prices extended losses on Wednesday, pressured by swelling inventories and weaker export demand, even as Indonesia ramps up efforts to secure tariff relief in key overseas markets.
Conservationists fear up to 11% of Tapanuli orangutan population perished in disaster that also killed 1,000 people.
FGD bersama Tim Climate and Health (C.H. 3.4) Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research Indonesian Research (PAIR) Sulawesi sehubungan dengan pelaksanaan proyek pelaksanaan proyek penelitian berjudul “Dampak Kesehatan Terkait Iklim dan Akses Layanan Kesehatan di Provinsi Sulawesi Tenggara dan Sulawesi Tengah.
The island was founded by Australian businessman Andrew Dixon – a Singaporean-based banker who craved more. He’d lived in the Lion City since the ‘90s but came to desire space and sea and nature – those elements we so often take for granted as Australians, even those of us camped in the cities and the suburbs.
