How they behave
The males will fight each other and can't be put together. They will also nip (bite) the fins of some fish. The females sometimes fight but can be kept in groups.
Thursday, 5 November 2009
good news for jakarta
in jakarta post ,the news is that jakarta was now the 4th cleanets city in asia and it reach the 10th- lowest pm10 level of the 20 city studied and also the the fifth cleanest of the southeast city even in the 2004 study by the bank that jakarta was the 3rd most polluted city in the world after mexico city and bangkok . by the result the USAID and swiss contract revealed 70% of the total pollution of the city which make jakarta very polluted , so congrats jakarta .. and i hope surabaya will be next.
Coral Reefs Restoration
Now, people restore project in Nusa Dia (that was the center of the restoration)and it was start to do the project starting from now. The project was inviting fisherman, tourist and several organization to join restoring the coral reefs. some participant donate $500 dollar to make the restoration and there was 16 submarine reefs and each of them have 20 pieces of transplanted corals. The submarine was a man made project for the transplanted reefs. A volunteer diver, dive 8 meter deep to attach the coral on every ground.
tiger poaching in Indonesia
tigers poaching in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park was rife before 2002 which was quite alarming.The island is the only place where the Sumatran tiger lives in the wild. It is endangered because of poaching and habitat destruction.forest rangers and environmental groups had worked hard to reduce the number of tiger killings in and around the park.Poaching and pressure from a growing human population pose the greatest risk to the two protected areas where they live.
Mining in Indonesia are used for crimes too
some people in Indonesia doesn't permit to the governer if they are mining for golds. Newmont said that it's equity gold sales from the Batu Hijau mine in the first nine months of 2009 reached 171,000 ounces, up from 83,000 ounces sold in the same period last year. Copper sales from Batu Hijau mine, reached until 154 million pounds from 90 millions pounds in the same time of year. And, consolidated coppers sales reach until 342 pounds from 201 million pounds at the same year (2008)
LOSING ANIMAL HABITAT
These people are trading these animal to another country in asia, not only asia, they also export it from sumatra through jakarta then to another places in this world
For instance, they said, some 100,000 cockatoos are captured in Papua every year, including kakatua raja.
They said that 95 percent of endangered animals traded on the illegal market were captured in the wild.
Also, all primates offered on the market had not been bred but captured in their natural habitat, they said.
most of spesies all over Indonesia was captured only for money, these people open an illegal market at a small place that people could not find/ can't know what did they do...
In Maluku, 15,000 birds -- including white cockatoos and the rare kakatua seram birds were then shipped to illegal bird traders in Jakarta or smuggled to Singapore.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2005/02/01/no-slowing-down-illegal-trade-endangered-animals.html
For instance, they said, some 100,000 cockatoos are captured in Papua every year, including kakatua raja.
They said that 95 percent of endangered animals traded on the illegal market were captured in the wild.
Also, all primates offered on the market had not been bred but captured in their natural habitat, they said.
most of spesies all over Indonesia was captured only for money, these people open an illegal market at a small place that people could not find/ can't know what did they do...
In Maluku, 15,000 birds -- including white cockatoos and the rare kakatua seram birds were then shipped to illegal bird traders in Jakarta or smuggled to Singapore.
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2005/02/01/no-slowing-down-illegal-trade-endangered-animals.html
Overfishing
The president of Indonesia, SBY, came to a meeting about coral reefs and fisheries protection. Many people destroyed coral reefs and that ruined the food chain in the ocean and people do it because they wanted to catch the fishes. SBY tried to stop that problem because over 120 million peoples livelihood arev depend at fishes. SBY stimulused 73.3 trillion to help the ocean and economy growth.
javan rhino
javan rhino are hunted because of their horn that are valueable, most people believe tahe the horn could heal fever. among the hunters javan rhino are most hunted for money they sell the horn to the other country, in java the rhinos with 1 horn are estimated only 50 species left, the decrease of javan thina made indonesia lost one of their special animal the goverment are trying to stop the hunters now the goverment saved the rhoinos in the special place where it can't be hunt now the hunter realize tat they are decreasing so fast and the start stoping the hunting
this data is from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2003/04/29/corrupt-military-police-kill-rhinos.html
this data is from: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2003/04/29/corrupt-military-police-kill-rhinos.html
tourism
... around 12 tourist destinations on Sunday morning, ... campaign to revive tourism in the municipality. ... carrying banners promoting tourism, residents started their ... Koja. The 12 destinations include the ... reviving the tourism sector.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
rhinos habitat being increased
The rhino habitat is expend from 38000 in ujung kulon and also the rhino cant eat because their just palm trees and rain
indonesia built islands and villages into tourism destination to boost economy in indonesia. indonesian government thought that building islands and villages as tourism destination is also going to give jobless people jobs. that is true but there are things that are worse coming along with those advantages. one disadvantage is homeless people. because tourism destinations needs large lots to build hotels, roads, resorts, and etc, original people are forced to move from their houses. some rich people are able to migrate from their home but some lessfortunates could be homeless beggers there. well, people that are working there can stay but what about their family? where do they live? there will be a lot of families, seperated then. besides that, the percentage of people working there can forget about their usual lifes and started to live their city-like life.
Bangka's problem and solution for mining
People have been mining for a long time and because not every big mining companies can hire every single person that wants a job. That's why there are some illegal mining companies that are not so big. They hire people to find tins which is not allowed by the law . This issue has happened in Bangka . In Bangka the penalties for tin mining are the same penalties they have for drug trafficking . They're tired with that problem and they know if the tin mining job is gone , all the people who used to work there will be jobless. So they have decided to keep their island clean and green. Everybody must plant at least 3 trees . They even have a name for it , its "Bangka Goes Green." So tourist would want to come to their island and they need somebody to guide them . So the tour guides are those people who were previously working on the tin mining.
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
Overfishing
Dealing with climate change dangerous impacts
Fitrian Ardiansyah and Ari Muhammad , Jakarta Tue, 10/13/2009 12:11 PM Environment
Climate change is a grave threat to the economies, societies and natural environment of all countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Indonesia.
Unless action is taken today to begin to stabilize and then reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions - action including achieving an ambitious global climate agreement at Copenhagen - the impacts of climate change will become increasingly severe and irreversible.
Climate change can lead to damage to natural, communal and business assets. Some studies typically place damage in the range 1-1.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) per year for developed countries, and 2-9 percent for developing countries, if the average temperature increases between 1.5 and 4.0 degrees Celsius.
In his 2006 review, Nicholas Stern extended this estimation by stating that unabated climate change could cost the world at least 5 percent of GDP each year; if more dramatic predictions come to pass, the cost could be more than 20 percent of GDP.
Overall in Indonesia, the observed and projected impacts of climate change include an increase in the severity of droughts, flooding, fires, coral bleaching, the gradual rise of sea levels, and the increase in frequency of extreme weather conditions including storms, which will be destroying natural and human-made systems in the area.
Increased rainfall during the wet seasons may lead to high floods, such as the Jakarta flood in February 2007 that inundated 70,000 houses, displaced 420,440 people and killed 69 with losses of US$450 million, according to the World Health Organization.
Hundreds of millions of people live in Indonesia, most of who depend on resources, goods and services for their livelihood. However, climate change will profoundly affect biodiversity, water resources and the economy in the country, all of which in turn will impact its people.
One study reveals that millions of people are at risk from flooding and sea-water intrusion caused by rising sea levels and declining dry-season precipitation; these phenomena will negatively impact the aquaculture industry (e.g., fish and prawn industries) and infrastructure along the coasts of South and Southeast Asia.
The impacts of climate change will increase the pressure on forest, coastal and marine ecosystems caused by illegal and destructive logging, overfishing and overexploitation of natural resources.
Hence, the challenge that the government faces is finding ways to devise climate-smart development strategies that ensure the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in the country's development agenda.
Adapting to climate change means adjusting natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.
This demands not only the improvement of national policies - which includes devising climate-smart strategies and mainstreaming these in the development agenda - but also the increase in workforce capacity from national to local levels. To begin with, this requires significant amounts of adequate, sufficient and sustainable financing.
To protect natural and business assets from climate change impacts, the World Bank estimates that $9-41 billion a year will be needed globally. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) calculates the need for $49-171 billion a year - to adapt to climate change alone until 2030 - in which $28-67 billion is required to help efforts in developing countries.
Unfortunately, the current provision of funds to cope with these impacts is yet to be at a level sufficient to meet these requirements. The Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) have allocated only $114 million, and the Adaptation Fund, established last year, can accumulate and provide only around $200 million. Some even predict that in reality only $500 million can be gathered for climate change adaptation.
With this dismal figure, Indonesia also needs to seriously prepare its regional and domestic plans to adapt to climate change. Vulnerable sectors - agriculture, marine and coastal, forestry and infrastructure - and areas need to be assessed and prioritized.
Cooperation among countries at the regional level is essential and coordination among sectors and different levels of government is pivotal for successful adaptation initiatives.
At the regional level, for instance, the creation of the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) by six countries in the Asia Pacific is a good starting point for addressing climate adaptation in marine and coastal areas.
This initiative and its Regional Action Plan can complement individual countries' actions to reduce the social, economic and biological impacts of climate change by developing adaptation policies and providing funding, especially for establishing and managing networks of marine protected areas and promotion of sustainable coastal livelihood.
Effective management of coastal resources through a range of options including locally managed regional networks of marine protected areas, protection of mangrove and seagrass beds and effective management of fisheries would contribute to a slower decline in coastal and marine resources as well as an increase in the resilience of coastal communities and the marine sector overall.
At the local level, encouraging news is coming out of Lombok. The provincial government of Nusa Tenggara Barat has carried out initial vulnerability assessment, predicting climate impacts and identifying areas and sectors most vulnerable to climate change.
It is a pioneering work because many climate predictions and assessments have been carried out at a global or regional level. The most important thing is that the results of this assessment were endorsed by the governor, and key elements of the findings are planned to be inserted in the mid-term development planning document of the province.
Reducing and coping with climate change impacts may be an endless struggle. However, some actions taken at the local, national and regional levels can further keep our hope alive to win this battle
Fitrian Ardiansyah and Ari Muhammad , Jakarta Tue, 10/13/2009 12:11 PM Environment
Climate change is a grave threat to the economies, societies and natural environment of all countries in the Asia-Pacific region, including Indonesia.
Unless action is taken today to begin to stabilize and then reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions - action including achieving an ambitious global climate agreement at Copenhagen - the impacts of climate change will become increasingly severe and irreversible.
Climate change can lead to damage to natural, communal and business assets. Some studies typically place damage in the range 1-1.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) per year for developed countries, and 2-9 percent for developing countries, if the average temperature increases between 1.5 and 4.0 degrees Celsius.
In his 2006 review, Nicholas Stern extended this estimation by stating that unabated climate change could cost the world at least 5 percent of GDP each year; if more dramatic predictions come to pass, the cost could be more than 20 percent of GDP.
Overall in Indonesia, the observed and projected impacts of climate change include an increase in the severity of droughts, flooding, fires, coral bleaching, the gradual rise of sea levels, and the increase in frequency of extreme weather conditions including storms, which will be destroying natural and human-made systems in the area.
Increased rainfall during the wet seasons may lead to high floods, such as the Jakarta flood in February 2007 that inundated 70,000 houses, displaced 420,440 people and killed 69 with losses of US$450 million, according to the World Health Organization.
Hundreds of millions of people live in Indonesia, most of who depend on resources, goods and services for their livelihood. However, climate change will profoundly affect biodiversity, water resources and the economy in the country, all of which in turn will impact its people.
One study reveals that millions of people are at risk from flooding and sea-water intrusion caused by rising sea levels and declining dry-season precipitation; these phenomena will negatively impact the aquaculture industry (e.g., fish and prawn industries) and infrastructure along the coasts of South and Southeast Asia.
The impacts of climate change will increase the pressure on forest, coastal and marine ecosystems caused by illegal and destructive logging, overfishing and overexploitation of natural resources.
Hence, the challenge that the government faces is finding ways to devise climate-smart development strategies that ensure the mainstreaming of climate change adaptation in the country's development agenda.
Adapting to climate change means adjusting natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.
This demands not only the improvement of national policies - which includes devising climate-smart strategies and mainstreaming these in the development agenda - but also the increase in workforce capacity from national to local levels. To begin with, this requires significant amounts of adequate, sufficient and sustainable financing.
To protect natural and business assets from climate change impacts, the World Bank estimates that $9-41 billion a year will be needed globally. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) calculates the need for $49-171 billion a year - to adapt to climate change alone until 2030 - in which $28-67 billion is required to help efforts in developing countries.
Unfortunately, the current provision of funds to cope with these impacts is yet to be at a level sufficient to meet these requirements. The Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) have allocated only $114 million, and the Adaptation Fund, established last year, can accumulate and provide only around $200 million. Some even predict that in reality only $500 million can be gathered for climate change adaptation.
With this dismal figure, Indonesia also needs to seriously prepare its regional and domestic plans to adapt to climate change. Vulnerable sectors - agriculture, marine and coastal, forestry and infrastructure - and areas need to be assessed and prioritized.
Cooperation among countries at the regional level is essential and coordination among sectors and different levels of government is pivotal for successful adaptation initiatives.
At the regional level, for instance, the creation of the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) by six countries in the Asia Pacific is a good starting point for addressing climate adaptation in marine and coastal areas.
This initiative and its Regional Action Plan can complement individual countries' actions to reduce the social, economic and biological impacts of climate change by developing adaptation policies and providing funding, especially for establishing and managing networks of marine protected areas and promotion of sustainable coastal livelihood.
Effective management of coastal resources through a range of options including locally managed regional networks of marine protected areas, protection of mangrove and seagrass beds and effective management of fisheries would contribute to a slower decline in coastal and marine resources as well as an increase in the resilience of coastal communities and the marine sector overall.
At the local level, encouraging news is coming out of Lombok. The provincial government of Nusa Tenggara Barat has carried out initial vulnerability assessment, predicting climate impacts and identifying areas and sectors most vulnerable to climate change.
It is a pioneering work because many climate predictions and assessments have been carried out at a global or regional level. The most important thing is that the results of this assessment were endorsed by the governor, and key elements of the findings are planned to be inserted in the mid-term development planning document of the province.
Reducing and coping with climate change impacts may be an endless struggle. However, some actions taken at the local, national and regional levels can further keep our hope alive to win this battle
Air pollution in Jakarta drops on car-free day
The car-free day is for reducing air pollution in Jakarta, says the city environment agency.
The Jakarta Environmental Management Agency (BPLHD) announced that the amount of dust particles had decreased by 34% , Carbon Monoxide (CO) by 68 %, and Nitrogen Monoxide (NO) by 80 % on the last car-free day.
"That is the result from the analysis seven days before and after the car-free day," Peni Susanti, the head of Jakarta BPLHD, said during the car-free day on Sunday, as quoted by kompas.com.
The number of people that join in car-free day increased to 15,000 this Sunday, the highest figure since the start of the initiative.
The Car-free day is held every second and last Sunday of the month from Jl. Sudirman to Jl M.H. Thamrin.
The Jakarta Environmental Management Agency (BPLHD) announced that the amount of dust particles had decreased by 34% , Carbon Monoxide (CO) by 68 %, and Nitrogen Monoxide (NO) by 80 % on the last car-free day.
"That is the result from the analysis seven days before and after the car-free day," Peni Susanti, the head of Jakarta BPLHD, said during the car-free day on Sunday, as quoted by kompas.com.
The number of people that join in car-free day increased to 15,000 this Sunday, the highest figure since the start of the initiative.
The Car-free day is held every second and last Sunday of the month from Jl. Sudirman to Jl M.H. Thamrin.
Monday, 2 November 2009
for around 6.000 and 9.000 orangutans are still alive in the forest.
the habitats of orangutans are from illegal hunting.
the WWF abd Sebangau national parks are now trying to help the orangutans.
their trying to improve the orangutans habitat and also improving the welfare of pepole living around the parks
the habitats of orangutans are from illegal hunting.
the WWF abd Sebangau national parks are now trying to help the orangutans.
their trying to improve the orangutans habitat and also improving the welfare of pepole living around the parks
Sunday, 1 November 2009
What's New About Animals?
These days in Madura, state a bull racing every month and become a habit. Beside that, they also state a bull fighting everyday to be nominated as the matador. So people there invite tourism to watch and who win, can go to international as a bull for a matador. No other country can claims that the habit is theirs because everybody know that in Indonesian and Spanish used to do that. But these 2 countries can't understand how do the bull be. I know hat it's a short information. It's the only information that i got from:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/09/08/letter-cultural-introspection.html
Wait for the next post! ^_^
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/09/08/letter-cultural-introspection.html
Wait for the next post! ^_^
APP take care of the animals ..
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) said that pulpwood supplier Rimba Hutani Mas (RHM) had signed a join declaration to the Taman Raja Nature (TRNP). APP said that the TRNP was found to become an important habitat for many unique animals and protected some species of animals and plants, like: The sun bear, leopard and Sumatran tiger. "With the support of APP, RHM has set aside 9,687 hectares of its government-appointed concession area to ensure the conservation of this important area," the news said.
About 100 mud flow victims from Besuki Timur village, Jabon district, Sidoarjo, East Java, staged a rally on Tuesday, blocking one of the alternative roads connecting Kalitengah village and the damaged toll road. The victims demanded the Sidoarjo administration provide public facilities like schools, mosques, sport centers and cemeteries. They said they wanted to have a normal life, as they had before Lapindo mud flow hit their village and demolished their houses, as well as the village's public facilities. some of them also ask for money. They also ask that each family would receive Rp 2.5 million to rent a house, Rp 500,000 for evacuation and a monthly allowance of Rp 300,000 for a six-month period.
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