Indonesia is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. Perched on the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” it is home to 76 active volcanoes. In recent years, tsunamis have pounded the shores of North Sumatra, Sulawesi and West Java.
Environment
Three out of five provinces in Kalimantan have been hit by floods, triggered by deforestation and changing climate, over the past month, adding into the latest list of natural disasters that have struck the region this year.
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Indonesia’s foreign minister on Thursday defended her country’s objection to a global deforestation pledge made last week, promising during a visit by her British counterpart to “walk the talk” on climate commitments.
Researchers at Java’s IPB University say Indonesia is doing more to restore coral reefs than any other country on Earth.
Indonesia’s environment minister has dismissed as “inappropriate and unfair” a global plan to end deforestation by 2030, days after her country, home to a third of the world’s rainforests, joined 127 other nations in making the deforestation pledge.
Thousands of people, youth especially, are calling for Indonesia and countries around the world to live up to their commitments on climate change.
Indonesia’s young people are highly concerned about the impact of climate change, with some having started climate conscious movements of their own as they feel that environmental issues are not well represented in politics.
Indonesian miner Bukit Asam is caught between a rock and a hard place. The 102-year-old state-owned company faces mounting calls to shed the very core of its business: coal.
Indonesia’s path toward using entirely renewable energy sources by 2060 includes banning the sales of fossil-fuel vehicles and operating a nuclear power plant.
Dr Jemma Purdey talks to Professor Utarini about how she and her team in Yogyakarta conducted their study and what they discovered. Do their findings bring us a step closer to eliminating dengue?
As the immediate pandemic crisis begins to recede, both countries should refocus the relationship on climate change.
Mustafa adalah penyandang tuli wicara. Tapi setiap kali menelusuri sungai di Rawa Singkil dengan perahu, matanya tajam mengawasi sekitarnya, mencari tanda kehadiran orang utan liar yang menghuni hutan gambut itu.
From masks and gloves to IVs and COVID tests, reporter Adi Renaldi visits the landfills and dumpsites that are now home to toxic medical waste.
Environmentalists in Indonesia keen to send a message about the world’s worsening ocean plastics crisis have created a museum made entirely from plastics, to convince people to rethink their habits and say no to single-use bags and bottles.
Environmentalists have slammed a move by the Indonesian government to let a three-year moratorium on new permits for oil plantations to lapse.
