Indonesia ships first containers of timber under EU legality scheme
JAKARTA — The first containers of plywood certified as legal under the EU’s anti-illegal-logging action plan were shipped out of the Indonesian capital on Tuesday, a milestone in the fight against blackmarket timber in one of the world’s most heavily forested countries.
Of the 15 nations that have agreed to take part in the scheme, Indonesia is first to succeed in establishing a national system for verifying the legality of its timber — a considerable achievement for a country where unscrupulous loggers pocketed a presumed $60.7-81.4 billion from illicit sales between 2003 and 2014, according to the nation’s antigraft agency. Indonesia lost nearly $9 billion in state revenue from unreported timber sales during the same period.
source: https://news.mongabay.com/2016/11/indonesia-ships-first-containers-of-timber-under-eu-legality-scheme/
Few companies aware of environmental conservation's importance
Only less than 20 percent of some 200 companies in an industrial park in Gunung Putri district, Bogor regency, West Java, have awareness on environmental protection and conservation, a local official has said.
Gunung Putri district head Budi Lukmanul Hakim said poor waste disposal in the industrial zone had often led to conflict between the companies and local residents.
source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/11/13/few-companies-aware-of-environmental-conservations-importance.html
Extreme Weather to Persist Until Early Next Year: BMKG
Jakarta. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, or the BMKG, said the recent spate of extreme weather is likely to continue until early 2017, with the peak of the rainy season expected in January and February next year.
With more extreme weather coming up, the agency warned the public to brace themselves for even more floods and landslides.
source: http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/extreme-weather-persist-early-next-year-bmkg/
Verdict for Leuser Ecosystem to Fall on Nov. 8
Jakarta. The fate of the Leuser Ecosystem will be revealed on Tuesday (08/11) with judges set to deliver their verdict in a case launched by Aceh citizens.
The lawsuit was filed on Jan. 21 by Acehnese community leaders against the Minister of Home Affairs, the Aceh Governor and the Aceh local government for excluding the Leuser Ecosystem from the Aceh Spatial Plan 2013-2033.
source: http://jakartaglobe.id/news/verdict-leuser-ecosystem-fall-nov-8/
Spatial Monitoring and Reporting Might Save Indonesia's World Heritage Sites
Jakarta. With three of Indonesia's national parks having been included in the World Heritage in Danger list since 2011, the Indonesian government and the Unesco World Heritage Committee have been scrambling to find a way to save them.
The parks in question are the Mount Leuser National Park, Kerinci Seblat National Park and Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park, which all form part of the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (TRHS), one of the biggest conservation areas in Southeast Asia.
source: http://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/spatial-monitoring-reporting-might-save-indonesias-world-heritage-sites/
