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1 month ago | 
thejakartapost.com | Gembong Hanung |Kharishar Kahfi
While the world saw an increase in primary tropical loss to wildfires fueled by the climate crisis, Indonesia bucked the global trend by recording a rare decline in such deforestation last year compared with the figure in 2023, according to a recent study. But experts have warned the government not to be complacent about the figure and urged the administration of President Prabowo Subianto to work harder than his predecessor to cut deforestation in the country as much as possible.
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1 month ago | 
thejakartapost.com | Kharishar Kahfi
Indonesia’s work to ramp up its diplomatic efforts related to science, aiming to advance scientific research conditions in the country, may be hindered by lengthy bureaucratic processes and poor academic freedom.
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Jan 31, 2025 | 
thejakartapost.com | Kharishar Kahfi
he movie opens with a scene at a dining table at a house in a local community in Central Kalimantan, where men of three generations complain together about how difficult it is for them to farm because of wildfires, and how they are often blamed for burning land to prepare it for farming, despite using a controlled fire method learned from their ancestors.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
thejakartapost.com | Kharishar Kahfi
fter the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, Indonesia now has a long list of homework which must be completed in order to realize a strong climate commitment as ambitiously outlined by its delegations in Baku through national policies that support both economic and environmental targets.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
thejakartapost.com | Kharishar Kahfi
ith little negotiation time left to produce the world’s first treaty to curb plastic pollution, Indonesia was criticized for not showing enough ambition to cut down production of plastic products in its official document submitted at the conference in South Korea.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
thejakartapost.com | Kharishar Kahfi
s the final round of talks for the world’s first treaty to curb plastic pollution kicks off in South Korea, Indonesia is urged to take a more active role in the agreement as part of an effort to protect the people from the impacts of plastic waste that has been harming the country’s environment.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
thejakartapost.com | Kharishar Kahfi
he curtain has fallen on the 12-day United Nations biodiversity conference (COP16) in Cali, Colombia, with a decision to establish an international body to protect and recognize indigenous people and local communities for their conservation efforts, a move Indonesia eventually supported following an initial rejection.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
thejakartapost.com | Kharishar Kahfi
he high temperatures hitting several regions across Indonesia recently are expected to blow over in the coming weeks with the country transitioning to the rainy season. But national and global authorities have warned that the extreme conditions may persist, if not worsening, in the future thanks to human-triggered climate changes.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
thejakartapost.com | Kharishar Kahfi
vast swath of rainforest in Aceh has sufficient resources for Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) to thrive in the wild, a recent study suggests, but researchers are urging more efforts to protect the big cats from the increasing threat of poaching. More than 70 percent of Sumatra tigers that remain in the wild are believed to live in areas outside national parks and other protected forests across the country’s westernmost province, such as the Ulu Masen Ecosystem.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
thejakartapost.com | Kharishar Kahfi
ndigenous peoples across the globe are pushing for acknowledgement and more support for their efforts to protect nature as negotiations for higher commitments from countries enter its second week at the United Nations biodiversity conference in Colombia. The 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity runs from Oct. 21 to Nov.
