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November 28, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 28, 2019

Jakarta – Jakarta's sanitation workers seem to have found a way to contribute in the country's efforts to reduce plastic pollution – Indonesia's very own modern-day enemy – through cre

November 26, 2019

Tempo - November 26, 2019

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian government should work harder to prevent environmental pollution and destruction instead of focusing on just discussing it, Coordinator of Political D

November 22, 2019

ABC News - November 22, 2019

Tasha Wibawa – Exported Australian plastic waste may be "poisoning" villages in Indonesia, according to a new report which found eggs near dumping grounds had some of the highest level

November 21, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 21, 2019

Jakarta – Although rain has started to fall in some regions of Indonesia, East Sumba regency in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is still experiencing extreme dry season conditions as the area

November 20, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 20, 2019

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Pandjaitan has asserted the government's commitment to not sacrifice the archipelago's environmen

November 18, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 18, 2019

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Residents of Batang Dua Island in Ternate, North Maluku, are still traumatized following a 7.1-magnitude earthquake that jolted areas of the province as well

November 15, 2019

Reuters - November 15, 2019

Jakarta – At least two people were injured and some churches and homes damaged after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Indonesia, although residents who had fled to high ground fear

The Guardian - November 15, 2019

Peter Beaumont – Plastic waste exports to south-east Asia have been implicated in extreme levels of toxins entering the human food chain in Indonesia.

Jakarta Post - November 15, 2019

Jakarta – A 7.1-magnitude earthquake that jolted areas in North Maluku and North Sulawesi was followed by dozens of aftershocks within approximately nine hours after the mainshock on l

November 14, 2019

BBC News - November 14, 2019

Louis Lee Ray, Resty Woro Yuniar and Sri Kusmiati – The burning of plastic waste in Indonesia, much of which has been sent there by the West, is poisoning the food chain, the BBC has l

November 11, 2019

The Conversation - November 11, 2019

Jonathan D Smith – Young environmental activist Greta Thunberg's famous quote "listen to the scientists", during her meeting with the US Congress is a clarion call for policy-makers to

November 6, 2019

Jakarta Post - November 6, 2019

Jakarta – Liquid waste in the form of a traditional Javanese alcoholic drink called ciu has contaminated the Bengawan Solo River in Surakarta, Central Java, killing fish and disrupting

November 4, 2019

Jakarta Globe - November 4, 2019

Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta – Indonesia has reasserted its stance to reject shipments of hazardous and toxic waste from abroad and called for its peers in East Asia to establish an official

Tempo - November 4, 2019

Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia campaigner Arifsyah Nasution assessed that the government had failed to tackle lead or metal waste contamination in Jakarta Bay albeit

October 31, 2019

Jakarta Globe - October 31, 2019

Diana Mariska, Jakarta – Eight in 10 Indonesians are aware of the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle, while maintaining a small environmental footprint, according to a recent su

Reuters - October 31, 2019

Jakarta – Indonesia's environment ministry said on Thursday it would report countries to the Basel Convention, an international treaty on waste reduction, if they refused to accept was

October 29, 2019

Coconuts Jakarta - October 29, 2019

As it looks like we're just getting out of the blistering heat of the past couple of weeks, Indonesians may have to brace themselves for more extreme weather and disasters that may res

Jakarta Post - October 29, 2019

Ruslan Sangadji, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has promised victims of last year's earthquake in Palu, Central Sulawesi, that they will be able to celebrate Idul Fitri next

Jakarta Post - October 29, 2019

Jakarta – As a prolonged dry season nears its end, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has warned the public to remain vigilant about possible natural disasters, citing unpr

October 28, 2019

Reuters - October 28, 2019

Jakarta – The scene is much like any other Indonesian puppet show: the beat of the gongs is frenetic, the musicians wear intricately-patterned traditional costumes and the puppets sway

Jakarta Post - October 28, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Floodwaters inundated at least 11 districts across Batubara regency in North Sumatra over the weekend following heavy rains that hit the region in the past wee

October 27, 2019

Tempo - October 27, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – Hundreds of houses in five villages in West Aceh District, Aceh Province, have been submerged by flood waters reaching a height of up to 70 cm following incessant heavy

October 24, 2019

Jakarta Globe - October 24, 2019

Ari Supriyanti Rikin, Jakarta – The unusually high daytime temperatures currently experienced in several parts of Indonesia are expected to persist over the next seven days, the nation

Jakarta Post - October 24, 2019

Jakarta – After being held in custody by the police, 10 Greenpeace Indonesia environmental activists who climbed to the top of two of the capital's landmarks and unfurled banners that

October 23, 2019

Tempo - October 23, 2019

Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia installed two giant banners at the Dirgantara Monument in Pancoran, and at Hotel Indonesia Roundabout's "Selamat Datang Monument."

Tempo - October 23, 2019

M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Three environmental activists for Greenpeace Indonesia, who installed giant banners at Pancoran's Dirgantara Monument in South Jakarta, was told to get down

Jakarta Post - October 23, 2019

Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Environment activists of Greenpeace Indonesia are determined not to leave the newly sworn Cabinet unchecked and are revisiting the #ReformasiDikorupsi (refo

October 22, 2019

Reuters - October 22, 2019

Kuala Lumpur – Local leaders in Indonesia must get involved with young people to tackle the trash problem that blights the nation's islands and surrounding seas, a leading Asian youth

October 17, 2019

The Conversation - October 17, 2019

Noir Primadona Purba – Indonesia's oceans, some of the richest in marine biodiversity, are becoming rubbish bins – altering underwater ecosystems.

October 15, 2019

Jakarta Globe - October 15, 2019

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – Benoa Bay in Bali has been declared a maritime conservation area by Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti, an official said on Tuesday.

October 14, 2019

Tempo - October 14, 2019

Jakarta (Antara) – Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo confirmed that July 2019 was the hottest month in the past century owing to global warming."July

October 9, 2019

October 4, 2019

Tempo - October 4, 2019

Meidyana Aditama Winata, NC, Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) head of planning and partnership, Esrom Hamonangan, opined the quality of the country's pollute

Tempo - October 4, 2019

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto, has made an official apology for his heartless remarks on the refugees of the Maluku e

September 30, 2019

TV New Zealand - September 30, 2019

Anna Whyte – Three shipping containers of used, contaminated plastic waste are on the way back to New Zealand after a sting by the Indonesian government, and more could be on the way.

September 29, 2019

Agence France Presse - September 29, 2019

Thousands attended a mass prayer in the devastated Indonesian city of Palu on Saturday, one year after a quake-tsunami swallowed up whole neighborhoods and killed more than 4,000 peopl

Jakarta Globe - September 29, 2019

Jakarta – Ambon Mayor Richard Louhenapessy has declared a 14-day emergency following the magnitude-6.5 quake that struck the Maluku capital and two adjacent districts on Thursday.

September 28, 2019

Al Jazeera - September 28, 2019

Ian Morse, Palu, Indonesia – For Ariyati, the disaster that took her mother's life and that of more than 4,800 others a year ago has been followed by another unseen, but greater disast

Straits Times - September 28, 2019

Jakarta (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Indonesians are struggling to rebuild their lives a year after a powerful earthquake and tsunami caused widespread devastation, with many still

September 27, 2019

Jakarta Globe - September 27, 2019

Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has ordered the Social Affairs Ministry, the Army and the National Police to help victims of Thursday's Ambon earthqua

Straits Times - September 27, 2019

Jakarta (AFP) – The death toll from a powerful earthquake that rocked Indonesia's remote Maluku islands has risen to 23, the disaster agency said on Friday (Sept 27), as more than 15,0

September 26, 2019

Reuters - September 26, 2019

Ambon, Indonesia – At least six people died on Thursday after a magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit Indonesia's eastern province of Maluku, damaging buildings and sending people fleeing to th

September 24, 2019

Jakarta Globe - September 24, 2019

Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – The Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a nonprofit organization comprising more than 30 companies that use plastics in their products, has started work on establishin

September 19, 2019

Tempo - September 19, 2019

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Finance Ministry said that PT Lapindo Brantas Inc. and PT Minarak Lapindo Jaya have not paid off their debts to the state.

September 18, 2019

Sydney Morning Herald - September 18, 2019

James Massola and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesia has announced it will send 100 containers of contaminated plastic waste back to Australia to make it clear the country does not wi

September 9, 2019

Coconuts Bali - September 9, 2019

An official from Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs apologized for the environmental damage caused by the reclamation of Benoa Bay and confirmed in a meeting with Ba

September 8, 2019

Channel News Asia - September 8, 2019

Nivell Rayda, Palu, Sulawesi – Like other residents who call Palu home, Tri Sasongko thought he had grown accustomed to the earthquakes which regularly hit the small Indonesian city of

Jakarta Post - September 8, 2019

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The North Sumatra administration has expressed its commitment to continuing efforts to decrease greenhouse gas emissions as it prepares to attend the Conferenc

September 6, 2019

Jakarta Post - September 6, 2019

Jakarta – Residents living around the Jambe River in Tambun Selatan district, Bekasi regency, West Java, have been forced to carry out their day-to-day activities for the last three mo

September 4, 2019

The Interpreter - September 4, 2019

Kate Walton – Indonesia's dry season has never been easy.