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Forest Waqf Gala Dinner on 22 April 2025, during which the Minister of Religious Affairs attended and our Forest Waqf initiative was integrated into BWI's Satu Wakaf platform.
Forest Waqf Gala Dinner on 22 April 2025, during which the Minister of Religious Affairs attended and our Forest Waqf initiative was integrated into BWI's Satu Wakaf platform.
Environment

Religious leaders seen as most trusted climate messengers, Purpose survey finds

As part of sustainable efforts to strengthen and drive climate action in Muslim-majority Indonesia, global social impact agency Purpose conducted a survey on the perception and attitude of Indonesian Muslims on climate issues. The results revealed several significant insights, including their perception of religious leaders as the most trusted climate messengers.

2 days ago
Environment premium

Southeast Asia’s white-winged duck at critical threat of extinction

Once a familiar sight in wetlands across the archipelago, the iconic duck known as ‘mentok rimba’ is disappearing fast, driven largely by habitat loss and hunting.

5 days ago
Environment premium

Climate change takes spice from Ternate clove farms

"Today... rainfall is high. It's okay for planting, but it's uncertain for harvesting. It's often unpredictable," farmer Jauhar Mahmud, 61, told AFP.

6 days ago

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Economy premium

Industrial estate development to promote manufacturing in Indonesia

The future of Indonesian manufacturing lies in the development of industrial estates to support the growth of the sector. Such estates provide more efficient use of infrastructure and manufacturing facilities to enhance production while minimizing environmental impacts.

2 years ago
Academia

How crowdfunding could raise $12 billion to boost renewable energy access in Indonesia

Our findings indicate that more than 7 percent of Gen X, millennials and Gen Z (equivalent to 14 million of Indonesians) are enthusiastic about investing in green projects. 

2 years ago
Society premium

Indonesia’s renewed climate targets still critically insufficient, says research group

Indonesia’s climate targets are “critically insufficient,” said a global climate research consortium, despite the country’s renewed emission target.

2 years ago
Society premium

Indonesia, US to launch $50 million partnership toward 2030 carbon sink goal

The environment ministry and USAID are committed to launching a new climate partnership in early 2023, with funding of up to US$50 million, to help Indonesia's forestry sector achieve its 2030 carbon sink target.

2 years ago
Community premium

Beloved 'Hollywood Cat' mountain lion euthanized in Los Angeles

The beloved big cat, often sighted around the city's Griffith Park, was euthanized Saturday, wildlife officials said.

2 years ago
Society premium

Govt lays groundwork for uranium mining, broader atomic aspirations

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed a regulation that details new safety and security requirements for businesses seeking to mine nuclear materials in the country.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Dam plans threatens China's migratory bird haven

But environmentalists warn damming Poyang Lake, a winter stopover for over half a million birds, would threaten the fragile ecosystem and the endangered birds and other wildlife it supports.

2 years ago
Economy

G7 nations to provide Vietnam with $15.5 bln to cut coal use

The group signed similar deals last year with South Africa and last month with Indonesia.

2 years ago
Americas

Developing nations demand more money at crunch UN biodiversity talks

The thorny issue of how much money wealthy countries are willing to pony up to protect the world's remaining biodiversity took center stage Wednesday at UN talks in Montreal aimed at creating a "peace pact with nature."

2 years ago
Archipelago premium

Indonesia blocks sale of license to develop protected Widi islands

The company managing the Widi Reserve, officials claimed, had not obtained the proper licenses to proceed with the Sotheby's auction, including a utilization permit that would address environmental concerns.

2 years ago
Americas

Brazil sees area burned by fire nearly double in November

Fires scorched almost two million acres of territory in Brazil in November, according to data released by an NGO group Wednesday, nearly 90 percent more than in the same month last year.

2 years ago
Academia

Indonesia’s climate target still got the worst rating despite being “more ambitious”

Global research coalition Climate Action Tracker (CAT) categorises Indonesia’s climate goals as “Critically Insufficient”, which means they are far from enough to curb global warming.

2 years ago
Markets

Western countries forge green alliance for getting electric vehicle minerals

Announced at the COP15 talks on biodiversity in Montreal, the Sustainable Critical Minerals Alliance would support these standards for elements like lithium, cobalt and nickel.

2 years ago
Environment

Trending on TikTok: Bandung’s river-cleaning group highlights environmental issues

With over 700,000 followers on TikTok, the Pandawara Group puts waste problems under the spotlight, inspiring others to care for the environment.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Kenya drought leaves wildlife gasping for breath

Animal bones lie along the trails and emaciated trees with yellowing leaves bear witness to the impact of the worst drought in 40 years.

2 years ago
Environment

In Chile, amateur beekeeper rescues hives from coastal tourist city

Chilean scientists have warned of declining bee populations, threatened by agricultural pesticides and the impacts of climate change.   

2 years ago
Academia premium

The emerging pressure group: Women ulema

Diligent lobbying of the women ulema and their persuasive arguments have earned them frequent audiences with decisionmakers, energizing Indonesia’s civil society movement with their mastery of Islam in the face of authorities and loud conservative voices.

2 years ago
Art & Culture premium

How film and TV can help the climate change battle

Fictional films and TV have immense power to shift attitudes on political issues, yet they remain little-used in debates over climate change.

2 years ago
Economy premium

After the G20 Summit, what’s next for Indonesia?

A few weeks ago, Indonesia and Egypt were again in the global spotlight. They hosted global meetings that could hopefully reverberate for years to come and transform climate commitments into real action.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Lights go out on Hungary stadiums, theatres as energy crisis bites

Rocketing energy bills are forcing Hungary to shutter libraries, theatres, swimming pools and even its new football stadiums for winter.

2 years ago
Environment

Hawaii volcano, world's largest, erupts for first time in decades

Hawaii's Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Chile's unique Atacama desert sullied by world's junk

Chile's massive Atacama desert is a unique and fragile ecosystem that experts say is being threatened by piles of trash dumped there from around the world.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Focus on rural realities – A climate change appeal from Ambon to Egypt

 As young people, we are worried about a crisis that we did not create but one that we have to live with.

2 years ago
Editorial

Cautious COP27

Under the shadow of the global inflation crisis and the Ukraine war, governments and companies have refrained from making big promises during the first week of United Nations climate conference (COP27) negotiations.

2 years ago
Environment

Greta Thunberg says she’s ready to hand over megaphone

Four years after launching her School Strike for the Climate, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg is ready to pass the baton to those on the front lines of climate change, she said in an interview on Monday.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Disaster, no more! What Bali can do after flooding

The growth of the tourism industry is one of the drivers of the massive land conversion.

2 years ago
Environment premium

Sinking Alexandria faces up to coming catastrophe

Alexandria, Egypt's fabled second city and its biggest port, is in danger of disappearing below the waves within decades.

2 years ago
Science & Tech

‘Earth is in our hands’: Astronaut Pesquet’s plea for the planet

From his unique viewpoint hundreds of kilometers above Earth, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet told AFP he felt helpless watching fires rage across the planet below, calling for more to be done to protect this fragile "island of life".

2 years ago
Environment premium

Can we save North Sumatran forests with local Batak wisdom?

Passed down for generations, some believe that local Batak wisdom is the solution to deforestation.

2 years ago
Academia premium

Is GDP relevant to measure sustainability?

Amartya Sen, for instance, calls for broadening the term "development" beyond the current narrow focus on economic measures such as GDP, thus it should rather be viewed in terms of the real “freedoms” that people can enjoy such as economic facilities and social opportunities.

2 years ago