The Ministry of Environment and Forestry data shows that of the 18 million tons of waste generated in 2022, 3.4 million tons, or 18.24%, is plastic waste. This is a significant increase compared to the previous year, where plastic waste accounted for 18.13%.
Environment
Indonesia’s government has warned farmers and plantation companies to be on guard against fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan due to possible prolonged drier conditions across South-east Asia caused by the El Nino weather pattern.
The water crisis in Indonesia is a multifaceted problem that is caused by contaminated natural resources, climate change and population growth.
How should a climate-vulnerable coastal country heavily dependent on coal transition to a sustainable development path?
Women can be the drivers of change in their local communities and lead the implementation of new sustainability and development initiatives according to a new study.
Sea level rises are often spoken about as a potential future impact of climate change. But on the Indonesian island of Java, they are already threatening millions.
Styrofoam waste in Indonesia still abundant and not properly addressed, says influential youth group
Youth-led environmental group the Antheia Project says that Styrofoam is yet another dangerous waste that has not been properly addressed, being widely used but with little to no waste processing, leaving large amounts degraded in nature and found on beaches.
A recent report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis points out that the current trajectory of EV take-up in Indonesia will not meet ambitious domestic targets.
In a village on the Indonesian island of Java, eight men are wielding saws and machetes with practiced precision, preparing long bamboo poles that they will use to defend their embattled community.
The lead researchers for the Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research (PAIR) seaweed project have presented their findings to senior officials in three Indonesian government departments.
People of all ages living in the foothills of the Sibayak mountain —particularly in Gundaling I, Berastagi— are bartering their trash for groceries at the Mela Melket waste bank.
Indonesia will take stern action against firms that are found to have caused forest fires in the country, Environment Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar warned.
The tropical tourist destination of Bali, Indonesia, is facing a worsening water crisis from tourism development, population growth and water mismanagement.
Remarkably lax” and “laissez-faire” law enforcement efforts by conservation authorities in Indonesia have allowed the killing, capture and trade of scores of orangutans to persist, according to a recent study.
Indonesia says that the imported vaccines are insufficient to create herd immunity against the foot-and-mouth disease that suddenly returned in May.
President Widodo on whether the country can become a greener, richer, industrial powerhouse.
