Attorney General: Massive Floods in Sumatra Triggered by Massive Land Conversion
Jakarta, hitclubapk3 Indonesia — Attorney General Sanitiar (ST) Burhanuddin stated major flood and landslide disasters which hit the Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra regions, is not an ordinary natural phenomenon. Burhanuddin said major floods were also triggered by massive land conversion in upstream river watershed areas that were met with high rainfall. “Based on the clarification results […]
DPR asks for evaluation of mining permits and land conversion in Bandung
Jakarta, hitclubapk3 Indonesia — Member of Commission IV DPR RI Rajiv asked the central and regional governments to carry out a total evaluation of all tourism permits, mining , as well as land conversion in the area Bandung Raya, West Java. Rajiv assesses that environmental problems in the region are no longer just natural disasters, […]
Pandawara Invites Residents to Jointly Buy Forests to Prevent Land Conversion
Jakarta, hitclubapk3 Indonesia — Pandawara Group , a group of young environmental activists from Bandung invites the Indonesian people to jointly buy forest which is threatened with conversion to oil palm plantations or industrial land. The idea was pitched via an Instagram post right in the midst of flash floods and landslides in Sumatra which were linked to […]
VIDEO: Threat of Disaster Due to Land Conversion in East Java
Jakarta, hitclubapk3 Indonesia — Hydrometeorological disasters are a threat in a number of areas, including East Java.Apart from weather factors, natural disasters such as floods and landslides also occur due to human activities.Deforestation and land conversion for development in East Java have in fact contributed greatly to the emergence of disasters. Read More: 15 Passengers […]
Minister Nusron Prohibits Conversion of Rice Fields in Bali: It’s Already Dangerous!
Denpasar, hitclubapk3 Indonesia — Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) Nusron Wahid , affirms the prohibition on land conversion rice fields in Bali . Minister Nusron said that sustainable food agricultural land (LP2B) or absolute paddy field area is at least 87 percent of the total raw paddy field […]