Government readies Rp3.7-trillion grants for W Nusa Tenggara s tourism
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Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Uno. ANTARA/HO-West Nusa Tenggara s Communication and Informatics Office Mataram, W Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA) - The government has allotted Rp3.7 trillion (US$259 million) in grants for development of the tourism sector in West Nusa Tenggara Province, Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno stated. The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy will always increase its attention, particularly to the Mandalika Special Economic Zone (KEK) (in West Nusa Tenggara) through tourism grants worth Rp3.7 trillion, Uno noted in a written statement released on Friday.
Cyclone Seroja child survivors in Lembata begin to recover
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5 May 2021
A month has passed since the flash flood and landslide that was caused by Cyclone Seroja hit the East Nusa Tenggara Province, which has also hit the Lembata District. After undergoing an emergency phase, the Lembata district has now entered the recovery phase, as announced by the local government in late April.
Following this, Yayasan Plan International Indonesia (Plan Indonesia), a humanitarian organisation that has been working in Lembata since 2006 with approximately 10 thousand sponsored children in the region, joins the effort of recovery. Especially, the focus is on providing recovery support to sponsored children and their families who are most impacted by the disaster.
by Asep Bulkini Indonesia is one of largest shrimp producers in Southeast Asia. Initially, in the 1980s, black tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon) was the most widely cultivated species and most farmers favoured the use of large rectangular ponds, with an average area of 2,500 – 5,000 m2. When most changed to vannamei production in the early 2000s, due to whitespot (WSSV) disease outbreaks that hit monodon horribly, the type of shrimp pond changed little, other than the addition of HDPE linings or concrete to the ponds.
However, in the last decade the shrimp farming model has begun to vary, including the construction of some smaller ponds, of 1,000 m2 or less. The popularity of these mini-ponds was a response from those who want to be involved in the sector but have limited capital and land. Originally, these small ponds adopted the traditional rectangular shape, based on a very simple construction using bamboo as the frame and tarpaulin as its lining. This type of p