JAKARTA Millions of residents of Jakarta have for the past several weeks suffered from some of the worst air pollution recorded anywhere in the world. Even President Joko Widodo has been affected by the problem a problem his own administration refused to address even after being ordered to do so by a court […]
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JAKARTA Environmental activists and marine experts have criticized the Indonesian government’s decision to lift a 20-year-old ban on exporting sea sand, saying the policy will exacerbate ecological damage for the sake of foreign exchange revenue. The government regulation, which went into effect May 15, states that sea sand may be sold abroad as long […]
MEDAN, Indonesia Food plants intermingle on the second-floor rooftop of a house in Medan, the biggest city on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. They were planted by Sakiah Nasution, who took up urban farming about a year ago amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In her open-air garden, measuring 2 by 3 meters (7 by 10 […]
JAKARTA Jakarta’s recent episode of world-beating air pollution has highlighted what activists describe as belligerent inaction by the Indonesian government to address the source of the problem, even in the face of a ruling by the nation’s top court ordering it to act. On June 20, readings for PM2.5, a class of airborne pollutants […]