Mount Merapi Eruption: Flight Traffic Runs Normal, Indonesia Govt’ Says
FRANCISCA CHRISTY ROSANA TEMPO.CO Fri, March 27, 2020 JAKARTA – Director-General of Air Transport of the Transportation Ministry Novie Riyanto, ensured that the eruption of Mount Merapi on Friday, March 27, 2020, will not affect flight operations in three airports located within […]
MALAYSIA: The Orang Asli (Indigenous People) are staying put, and want outsiders out.
Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC)·Saturday, March 21, 2020 MALAYSIA – The word is out: Social distancing and self-quarantining are our best bet to stem the spread of the Covid-19 […]
WWF: No dam is the right decision for Cambodia
Ry Sochan | THE PHNOMPENH POST Fri, March 20, 2020 PHNOM PENH- The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has applauded the government’s decision not to develop a hydropower dam […]
Thai Army to Spray Bangkok Streets with Disinfectant Nightly
By CTN News Chiang Rai Times Thu, March 19, 2020 BANGKOK, Thailand – The Royal Thai army has begin spraying roads with disinfectant in Bangkok nightly to combat the spread […]
Indonesia – Company commissioner named suspect in Maluku illegal logging case
A Muh. Ibnu Aqil The Jakarta Post Thu, March 19, 2020 An investigator with the Environment and Forestry Ministry’s law enforcement division stands on a cut-down tree in a […]
Disinfecting Jakarta
BY :YUDHA BASKORO JAKARTA GLOBE WED, MARCH 18, 2020 Indonesian Red Cross personnel wearing protective gear march to the Sarinah department store in Central Jakarta to disinfect it on Tuesday. […]
NGO to sue Cambodia ‘land grab’ officer
Soth Koemsoeun The Phnom Penh Post Thu, March 19, 2020 Some 100 villagers protested at Phnom Oral wildlife Sanctuary. Photo supplied TRAPAING COMMUNE, Cambodia – National Resource and Wildlife Preservation […]
Asia’s Rapid Urbanization and Deforestation Linked to Wuhan Virus
CTN News Chiang Rai Times Fri, March 13, 2020 Asia’s rapid pace urbanization and deforestation, are major factors in the spread of infectious diseases across Asia. Including the Wuhan virus, […]
Indonesia indigenous peoples see Jokowi’s omnibus bill as threat to their land
The Jakarta Post Fri, March 13, 2020 Indigenous Sabuai people block heavy equipment from doing what they consider to be illegal logging on their customary land and forest on Seram […]
Environmental Activist Faces Arrest in Myanmar’s Karen State, Rights Groups Object
By Lawi Weng the Irrawaddy Tue, March 10, 2020 Saw Tha Phoe, a Karen environmentalist. / Save the Salween Network / Facebook HPA-AN TOWNSHIP, Myanmar – Right groups have asked […]
In eyeing Kuala Langat development, conservationists say Selangor government risks floods and destruction
BY SYED JAYMAL ZAHIID Malay Mail Monday, March 9, 2020 Local Temuan tribes said it could mount a legal challenge against what they saw was encroachment on their ancestral land. […]
Another Volcano Threatening to Erupt on Java Island
BY :ANTARA PHOTO JAKARTA GLOBE THU, MARCH 5, 2020 LUMAJANG, Indonesia – Mount Semeru in Lumajang, East Java, has shown increasing volcanic activities in the past week, eight times spewing out incandescent […]
Cambodia short film Uncle Elephant makes way to festival in New York City
Khouth Sophak Chakrya | The Phnom Penh Post Wed, February 26, 2020 This now brings Uncle Elephant’s total festival showings to four. The video shows conservation work being carried out […]
Indonesia Launches Circular Economy Initiative With Denmark, UNDP
BY :NUR YASMIN JAKARTA GLOBE TUE, FEBRUARY 25, 2020 Danish Ambassador for Indonesia Rasmus A. Kristensen, left, and UNDP Indonesia representative Cristophe Bahuet at the signing ceremony for Indonesia’s circular […]
Malaysia’s 250 Orang Asli (Indigenous People) protest against degazetting of Kuala Langat forest reserve
Bernama Free Malaysia Today Wed, February 26, 2020 The Orang Asli protesting against the proposed degazetting of the Hutan Simpan Kuala Langat Utara forest reserve. SHAH ALAM, Malaysia: The […]
