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View all search resultsThe National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) and the Environment and Forestry Ministry are coordinating to include climate crisis adaptation in the country's disaster mitigation system, following a recent surge in deadly hydrometeorological disasters.
The government has downplayed the link connecting deforestation and tree cover loss with the recent widespread floods in South Kalimantan, saying the devastation was primarily caused by a weather anomaly.
State-owned oil giant Pertamina expects to continue to sell its least environmentally friendly gasoline brand, Premium, until at least 2024, despite its initial target of completely phasing out the brand two years ago to meet its emissions target.
As the government looks to pass omnibus bills on job creation and taxation, experts have called for the drafting of an omnibus bill to solve the overlapping laws and regulations related to natural resources use and environmental preservation.
A recently foiled attempt to smuggle timber out of Gowa, South Sulawesi, is one of a number of cases of illegal logging uncovered since the COVID-19 outbreak began. The Environment and Forestry Ministry investigated at least five other similar cases in April alone and many more over the last three months.