Indonesians are expected to generate around 600 tons of plastic waste from around 120 million plastic bags while distributing sacrificial meat during Eid al-Adha.
Environment
Until recently, the village of Samar Kilang in Indonesia’s Bener Meriah district, near the northern tip of the island of Sumatra, was largely cut off from the rest of Indonesian society.
Critical minerals producers are lauded by the government for creating jobs and generating revenue, and they market themselves as socially responsible. But they are neglecting the safety of their workers under a cover of weak regulations and government protection.
Indonesia has transformed global nickel supply during the past decade, attracting billions of dollars in Chinese investment. But the battery-metal boom that’s created fortunes and tens of thousands of jobs is also raising increasingly uncomfortable questions around the price of this success.
In a jungled corner of Indonesia’s Papua, the Awyu tribe await a Supreme Court verdict that will determine whether thousands of hectares of rainforest will be cleared for a vast palm oil concession to be planted atop the graves of their ancestors.
Researchers looking into how Indonesia calculates its greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands and mangroves say they’ve identified ways for a more accurate accounting that will help the country meet its emissions reduction goals and refine its climate policies.
According to the government, FMD case numbers have now “stabilised in Indonesia”, and while a number of “heightened biosecurity protection measures” are still in place the foot mats this week are gone.
Indonesia’s tropical forests are a vital source of food, fuel, shelter, and employment for more than one-fifth of the country’s population, and a crucial resource in the fight against climate change.
It is hoped that Australia-Indonesia research collaboration can be used to overcome the problem of climate change.
Australia and Indonesia have long had an uneasy relationship, over issues ranging from Timor-Leste’s independence to asylum seekers and bans on live cattle export.
A female-led group of forest rangers in Indonesia are defying social norms to lead patrols in the jungle to combat deforestation.
Dig below the surface, however, and you find Jakarta and Iowa face strikingly similar problems of water scarcity and water pollution.
Campaigners are taking legal action to stop four palm oil companies from clearing vast tracts of forest for plantations.
Indonesia is obsessed with food self-sufficiency, and free lunches for children was a key election promise from the new president. Australia can help him with both.
What’s the connection between your smartphone and crocodile attacks? It’s quite straightforward.
Implementation of complex rice systems face challenges due to farmers’ knowledge gaps, high capital outlay and labour shortages.
