The tropical tourist destination of Bali, Indonesia, is facing a worsening water crisis from tourism development, population growth and water mismanagement.
Environment
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.
Sun Cable has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Indonesia’s energy ministry, moving closer to its goal to lay an undersea cable connecting a solar farm in Australia’s Northern Territory to Singapore.
Along with two Indonesian companies, the Chinese company PT Julong Group Indonesia was accused of disbursing a concession fee that the contract farmers claimed to be too low and not reflective of the rising price of palm fruit.
As Indonesia hosts the G20 Summit in Bali, some say the country can be a ‘beacon of hope to the world’ by showing there is no contradiction between development and transitioning to clean energy.
Calling all billionaires. Now is your chance to bid for a coral atoll ecosystem in one of the most pristine parts of the world.
New innovations ranging from plastic-free agricultural solutions to tech that transforms the livelihoods of Indonesian waste pickers, are just some of the sustainable start-ups on show at “Demo Day”, as part of the Road to G20 Summit in Bali.
According to the World Bank, Indonesia generates approximately 7.8 million tonnes of plastic waste annually.
Indonesia’s Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry is preparing four seaweed industrialisation zones to capitalise on the potential of seaweed commodities, an official has said.
Rough seas driven by strong winds, which scientists link to rising global temperatures, are increasingly common and treacherous, while warming waters are killing fish or causing them to migrate to cooler areas.
The Indonesian government has launched a program that will pay thousands of traditional fishers to collect plastic trash from the sea as part of wider efforts to cut marine plastic waste by 70 per cent by 2025.
Bali’s most popular beaches prepare for an onslaught of plastic pollution washing onto the shoreline.
Waste4Change is one of the companies that wants to help by increasing rates of recycling and enabling better waste management.
The community-focused seaweed farming organisation MARI Oceans has entered a funding partnership with leading impact investors Deliberate Capital and the Swiss Re Foundation, to enhance current seaweed farming practices in Indonesia.
