Deforestation in Aceh has continued to worsen despite the signing of a logging moratorium that prohibits anyone from felling forest trees, a non-governmental organization said.

According to a report from Greenomics Indonesia (GI), Aceh has in recent years lost more than 200,000 hectares of forested areas, felled on a massive scale to meet the demand for timber for reconstruction programs following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the province on December 26, 2004.

"The reconstruction process in Aceh has sparked illegal logging that has severely damaged forest cover. In just three years of reconstruction Aceh has lost around 200,000 hectares of its forests.

This is the fastest rate of deforestation in the world," said GI program coordinator Vanda Mutia Dewi on Monday.

According to Vanda, forest damage in Aceh had taken place despite the moratorium declared by Governor Irwandi Yusuf.

Based on a GI survey, forests took the most damage in areas most affected by the tsunami, especially along the west coast of Aceh, where during the reconstruction process, around 60,000 hectares of forest had been logged.

The worst damage occurred on Simeulue Island in South Aceh, where almost around 44,000 hectares of forest had been converted into oil palm plantations.

According to Vanda, illegal logging remained prevalent in Aceh following the end of the reconstruction program. Illegally felled timber is instead being smuggled into neighboring North Sumatra.

Vanda expressed hope that the Aceh provincial administration would be able to enforce the logging moratorium as well as consider the timber needs of residents living near forests.

Acting Aceh Legislative Council Speaker Hasbi Abdullah said environmental damage in Aceh had reached a point of grave concern, due to illegal logging.

According to Hasbi, if Aceh failed to halt illegal logging, in three to four years time it would suffer massive ecological damage that would threaten the livelihoods of everyone in the province.

Separately in Jambi, Batanghari Regent Syahirsyah S.Y. strongly condemned illegal logging, which had depleted forests in the regency, despite the fact that it is still covered by about 216,000 hectares, which accounts for around 42 percent of the regency's total area.

The remaining forested areas have further decreased due to illegal logging of natural forests.

"The practice of illegal logging has worsened and accelerated forest damage," he said.

About 118,000 hectares of Batanghari regency's 216,000 hectares of forested area is devoted to legal production forests.

NIXON 7A

Migrant Worker Issue

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will Visit Malaysia in the near future following the recent death of an Indonesian migrant worker abused by his employer. He go to Malaysia because there are many issue about the worker in Malaysia. Many issue like the boss torture the servant because of small thing, many worker can't go home at Lebaran come because the boss don't allow the servant, the boss impound the servant and many worker are dead because they was tortured. President will go there and discuss with the Malaysia President about this issue.

BY: HERU 7A

Global warming: The story of Rashomon and the impacts of climate change

GLOBAL WARMING..

Because of the global warming such as global enviroment that make many people killed.

I think the result of the topic are ther are many plants,animals,and human can die and also can make this world be disaster because of the global warming.

And also because of that one the temperatures in this world be very hard.

That also arise because of the pollution from car and also because of forest fires.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/search/news/global+warming

By:Gracia.Christina.L 7a

Bear Trafficking

It seems that Indonesia is a safe haven for bear trafficking. They trade living bears and their body parts to the neighouring countries and also sell them illegaly in some dark markets.In Singapore, the price of a honey bear's gall bladder is around Rp. 4 million, while in Malaysia it sells for Rp. 2,5 million. Indonesia has also been importing bear's body parts from China, especially medicines. KSBK said that a survey conducted in 2001 and 2002 revealed that 62 percent of 124 drug stores in eight large cities, such as Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Medan, Bengkulu, Pontianak, Jambi, and Sintang in West Kalimantan, had sold medicine containing the gall bladder and bile of bears. Among those brands are Pien Tze Huang, selling for Rp 100,000 to Rp 300,000 per package, which is believed to cure hepatitis; Tieh Ta Wan, Zhongguo Mochus for the treatment of hemorrhoids (Rp 15,000) and Yunan Paiyao (Rp 6,000).

By: Vianca 7A

Environment & Ecology Problems is the solution of the world if not the world will be a climate change thats why we have to cleaning our enviroment. if not we have a flood / natural disaster, we have to save our enviromental in our world.

done by felix 7a 7

forestry students brainstorm in Bogor

Forestry students from different countries gathered round at one of the university
In Bogor which is in (IPB) campus to discuss various forestry issues and to intiate reforestations
Program. The students are came from Geramny, Canada, Italy, Japan, France, Finland, Australia, Hungary,
The netherlands, sweden and also the host of Indonesia. One of the forestry students said that this event was held anually
Toi unite forestry students from different countries, last year was held in Bulgaris and now its in Bogor.
The aim of having a meeting between countries is to generating ideas to sustain forest, mitigate the impact of climate change,
Through this international event they all want to say that challenge and opportunity the Indonesians forests are now dealing
With is part of the solution to the global forestry issues and they also said "the sucess of the global environment preservation
Depends on forestry management in Indonesia where the government, indutries, and the people are involved to an action which
Contributes to sustaining the forest. Sat/7 nov 2009..
Michelle 7a

pollution

Pollution

Friday, 10/16/2009. Many car in Jakarta. And make many pollution. Cars owner they must ensure their vehicles pass emissions tests or risk being ticketed.

"Starting November, at all cars, their must a sticker is a emission test," Ridwan Panjaitan, head of the Jakarta Environmental Management Agency’s (BPLHD) law enforcement unit.

And they will add police, to confiscate driver's licenses and vehicle registration documents from non-compliant car owners.

Jakarta, world's 8 pollution city. This need time to all people study

By: Olivia

Bibliography: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/16/blowing-smoke-city-targets-polluting-vehicles.html

KPK Vs POLRI

In Indonesia there was a big issue about KPK Vs POLRI and Indonsian people called this issue with Lizard (KPK) Vs Crocodile (POLRI) Because POLRI si strong and KPK is weak.
The issue was started because at the first time KPK suspicious with POLRI because KPK think that POLRI have do some coruption, and the KPK tap one of the POLRI member to know what happen actually, but the people that was tapped know that he was tap. Then he tell his friend and then POLRI bring this issue to MA (Mahkammah Agung). Now they were fighting to win the issue

BY: HERU 7A

Typhoon in Vietnam

Typhoon Mirinae hit Vietnam on Sun, 11/01/2009 5:07 PM. This disaster leaves 14 people dead and 4 people were missing. Typhoon Mirinae weakened Sunday as it headed over the South China Sea. It was expected to strike Vietnam's central coast around noon Monday.Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered residents to begin evacuating high-risk areas of five coastal provinces and ordered Vietnamese fishermen in the South China Sea to seek shelter immediately.

Randy

Climate Change

As you know every year the weather becoming unbalance. From the reports that have come from the Southeast Asia 750.000 people have died between 1998 until 2008. From natural disaster; flood, seea level increasing, landslide, uncontrolled fire and others. Many people have died too because of the uncontroled weather or climate change. Now the defense minister Juwono Sarsono has build up more things to stop climate change. The Indonesian minister said that it was a shocked that only climate change could change the Indonesian’s defense. Until now climate change has been an environmental issue and people should be warn about that. The scientist predict that in 2010 the Indonesian sea level will increase 1 metre. The TNI has used Rp. 2.9 billion for fuel. Scientists said that if the things keep going like this the future will have an uncontrolled weather it will be so hot. And the sea level will keep increasing and could make an island be under the sea. The minister of defence has build up more defense to help to stop the climate change. He ordered the TNI to do some possible action as soon as they can.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/11/02/climate-change-also-defense-and-security-problem.html

Reyhan

Here comes the rain, the water and... the floods

BMKG predicted start October 2009-2010 East Java will flooded with rain water. First, because of the season, the wet season. Second, it is because of the floods, increasing in intensity and range each year, have several contributing factors, including poor city planning (which ignores water catchment areas), and the river fulls of garbage.

To decrease the flooding, government gave some money to dredging rivers; accelerating construction work on the East Flood Canal project; making dams; and dredging drainage areas. These concepts are from dutch. However, the project, Flood Canal, was hardly finished when the worst flood to have hit the city came in 2007. 

At that time, floods inundated 70,000 houses, displaced 420,440 people and killed 69, according to the World Health Organization.

According to the National Development Planning Agency (Bapenas), the 2007 flood caused Rp 8.8 trillion (US$932.8 million) in damages.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/24/here-comes-rain-water-and-floods.html

by: Gabriella 7A

Illegal Logging

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/27/illegal-logging-continues-aceh-despite-moratorium.html

Illegal Logging Continues in Acehin this information it said that according to the report from Greeneconomics Indonesia (GI),

200,000 hectares of forested areas>According to a report from Greenomics Indonesia (GI),

Aceh has in recent years lost more than 200,000 hectares of forested areas, felled on a massive scale to meet the demand

for timber for reconstruction programs following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the province on December 26, 2004.<

the reconstruction in Aceh found that illegal logging makes the cover of the forest worst. the Greeneconomics Indonesia said that this is the fastest rate of deforestation in the world.

the forest is most damaged in the area that is affected by the tsunami, and especially in the West Coast of Aceh.

the worst damage is in Simeulue Island, in south Aceh _44,000 hectares of forest had been converted into oil palm plantations._

if Aceh failed to stop the illegal logging. in 3-4 years it would suffer a big ecological damage that could threat their lives of everyone in the province.

they have to stop the illegal logging fast, so that their environment will be better.

-Sharleen Pek'wijaya-

Illegal trade in Sumatran tigers, body parts remains widespread

Jon Afrizal , The Jakarta Post , Jambi | Fri, 09/04/2009 2:26 PM | The Archipelago

The illegal trade in Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatraensis) and their body parts in Jambi province has gone on unabated and has caused the tiger population to dwindle year by year.

"If this is tolerated, tigers will be extinct in Jambi within the next few years," Jambi province Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) head Didy Wurjanto said.

Didy said the number of tigers in the province stood at around 50 a few years ago and they lived in four national parks and production forests in the province.

"The number has dropped to only 20 this year," he said.

He said his office had processed 10 cases of illegal trading in Sumatran tigers this year that led to the prosecution of poachers and traders dealing in tiger parts.

Four tiger pelt traders were caught red-handed conducting transactions in August and November in Jambi city this year.

"The largest number of traders are found in Jambi city. They usually wait there for the tigers to be handed over by professional hunters operating in the national parks and production forests," said Didy.

If authorities failed to stop them, the tiger pelts would be brought to Jakarta to be sold to clients for exorbitant prices.

At the local level, the price of a tiger pelt could be Rp 35 million (about US$3,500) but once it has reached Jakarta it could sell for up to Rp 75 million. A stuffed tiger could fetch Rp 100 million.

The fangs and the reproductive organs of a tiger are sold separately. A fang could go for Rp 20 million each, while a tiger penis could fetch the same.

Didy did not deny that the illegal trade in Sumatran tigers involved a tight network. Poachers usually seek information from the local residents living around the forests.

The poachers have obviously lured residents into providing them with information about the location of tigers with cash, willing to offer Rp 500,000 for fresh tiger tracks, indicating a tiger is still in the location.

"This certainly tempts residents," he said.

If the poachers are able to catch a tiger, it will be taken to a trader in Jambi city who will sort out the tiger based on orders, such as for fangs, penises, pelts or in stuffed form.

Buyers come from various circles, mainly those who regard tigers as a symbol of strength, charisma and power.

"Such a myth should be dismissed, because it could encourage rampant poaching," said Didy.

He added the Jambi BKSDA was equipped with a Rapid Response Forest Ranger unit (SPORC) which is authorized to arrest and investigate those involved in the illegal trade in endangered animal species.

The SPORC has handed over suspects' case files to prosecutors to serve as a deterrent and prevent them from repeating their crimes.

Last week, police arrested a suspect, Syamsuddin, for the stealing and brutal killing of a Sumatran tiger from its zoo enclosure in Jambi.

BY: Shelley Alfina Sutanto

Reducing CO2 emmision (ever-growing need of real estate)

Summary:

The article said that climate change is upon us. We NEED to be aware of this issue. It is said that one of the major cause of climate change is the ever-growing need of real estate developers for new sites. I'm also surprise that the CO2 total of the ever-growing need of real estate is more than transportation CO2 total. People have been looking at Jakarta, which is the capital city of Indonesia. It is said that Jakarta has many demands from the people for more houses, shopping facilities, etc... This can lead to a huge problem for the environment. That's why, people have a solution for this problem which is to re-develop some buildings. We don't need to chop down more trees to build the demands, we could just re-develop or fix some old buildings to new ones! Now, many countries in the world, including Indonesia, has been aware to this issue and is trying to reduce CO2..which is a good thing. Reducing Co2 can contribute positively to the environment, and even to the economic! :)

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/31/indonesian-real-estate-industry-and-climate-change-issue.html

- Gabby Gracia Salim 7a -

Animal Abuse

Animal Abuse In law
Many jurisdictions around the world have enacted statutes which forbid cruelty to some animals but these vary by country
Australia:
In Australia, many states have enacted legislation outlawing cruelty to animals, however, it is argued that welfare laws do not adequately extend to production animals.[1] Whilst police maintain an overall jurisdiction in prosecution of criminal matters, in many states officers of the RSPCA and other animal welfare charities are accorded authority to investigate and prosecute animal cruelty offences.and in some cases by the use or practice.

China:
As of 2006 there were no laws in China governing acts of cruelty to animals.[2] In certain jurisdictions such as Fuzhou, dog control officers may kill any unaccompanied dogs on sight. However, the People's Republic of China is currently in the process of making changes to its stray-dog population laws in the capital city, Beijing. Mr. Zheng Gang who is the director of the Internal and Judicial Committee which comes under the Beijing Municipal People's Congress (BMPC), supports the new draft of the Beijing Municipal Regulation on Dogs from the local government. This new law is due to replace the current Beijing Municipal Regulation on Dog Ownership, introduced in 1889. The current regulation talks of "strictly" limiting dog ownership and controlling the number of dogs in the city[edit] Egypt

Egypt:

Egyptian law states that anyone who inhumanely beats or intentionally kills any domesticated animal may be jailed or fined,[12] however, these laws are rarely enforced. The Egyptian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was established by the British over a hundred years ago, and is currently administered by the Egyptians. The SPCA was instrumental in promoting a 1997 ban on bullfighting in Egypt.[13]

Italy
Acts of cruelty against animals can be punished with imprisonment, for a minimum of three months up to a maximum of three years, and with a fine ranging from a minimum of 3000 Euros to a maximum of 160,000 Euros, as for the law n°189/2004. The law was passed mainly to crush the phenomenon of dog fighting, which in Italy is a clandestine blood sport fully controlled by organized crime.[16]

Saudi Arabia
Despite passages in the Qur’an advocating positive treatment of animals, veterinarian Lana Dunn and several Saudi nationals report that there are no laws to protect animals from cruelty since the term is not well-defined within the Saudi legal system. They point to a lack of a governing body to supervise conditions for animals, particularly in pet stores and in the exotic animal trade with East Africa.[17]

Done By: Amries Alkatiri

Protected animals' trade still rife despite frequent raids

The illegal trade of protected animals remains widespread, despite relevant institutions carrying out regular raids against such practice, an animal watchdog said.

A survey conducted by the Indonesian Pro Fauna and the World Animal Net (WAN), shows East Java has become the province with the highest rate of protected animal trading activities.

Indonesian Pro Fauna chairman Rosek Nursahid said on Saturday that based on the organization's survey, 70 bird markets in Java had traded protected animal species between May and July 2009.

He said the survey team found 183 animals from 25 species of protected animals sold at bird markets there.

The protected animals found in markets also include the coucang, the Javan langur, the Western tarsier, the black eagle and the rhinoceros hornbill.

The survey conducted at 70 bird markets in 58 cities and regencies across Java shows 14 bird markets sold capped lorry and cockatoo birds, 21 bird markets sold primates, 11 bird markets sold mammals and 13 bird markets sold raptors.

The team also found 11 markets selling protected singing birds, including the black-winged starling and the olived-backed sunbird.

East Java is noted for being one of the largest markets for protected animal trading. Meanwhile, the Depok bird market in Surakarta, Central Java, has become the largest market for the illegal trade of protected animals, followed by Ambarawa, also in Central Java.

The trading of protected animals in Surabaya, Semarang and Jakarta, said Rosek, was conducted under the radar, with sellers hiding protected animals at their houses.

The bird market in Semarang is best known for selling cockatoos, while the Pramuka bird market in Jakarta and Mantingan in Ngawi, East Java, are famous for selling primates. The bird market in Jatinegara, Jakarta, is well-known for its raptors.

The price of protected animals varies according to the animal's age, its protection status, its availability and the buyer's location.

The Tarsius primate, for example, costs Rp 500,000 (US$50), and a cockatoo between Rp 750,000 and Rp 1,000,000.

Tri Prayudhi, a campaign officer for Pro Fauna, said the illegal trade had not been reined in because of poor law enforcement.

Based on regulation No.5/1990 on the conservation of natural resources and its ecosystem, protected animal traders could be jailed for five years and fined up Rp 100,000,000.

Tri said Indonesia was famous for its rich fauna, such as its 515 species of mammals and 600 species of reptiles.

About 15 percent of all insect species in the world can be found in Indonesia. About three quarters of all fish species in the world can only be found in Indonesia waters.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/26/protected-animals039-trade-still-rife-despite-frequent-raids.html

In my opinion, people in Java don’t understand the meaning of protection. They think of them selves before any other living thing. An example, they use the Animal Trade system to get more money. They never understand the feelings of these poor little endangered creatures. The coucang, the Javan langur, the Western tarsier, the black eagle and the rhinoceros hornbill are just some of the animals sold in markets…. These animals don’t understand what’s going on, but the sellers just want the money that comes along with the purchase… And can you believe that these are the facts that citizens of Surabaya are the worst animal slaughters in the whole country!!! How should we solve this?? We can tell the public what’s going on and we should also ask the ProFauna team to help the citizens understand why we can’t do this and the real meaning of “protecting” these animals

Zahra Aisya, 7a/21

There is flood in Muara Baru, Jakarta.

It happened because the water sea level has risen and the sewer at the community's complex in Muara Baru is piled up by trashes.

eric 7a

RI may lose natural forest by 2015, says enviroment expert

Adianto P. Simamora , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Thu, 07/30/2009 12:42 PM | National

Indonesia may lose its status as the world's third-largest forest nation by 2015 as the country's natural forests are likely to disappear due to deforestation and lax efforts to replant logged forest areas.

Rinekso Soekmadi, a forestry expert from the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) said the government should take tough action to force forest concession holders (HPH) to replant logged forest areas.

"Otherwise, all natural forests will be lost by 2015. This is the worst case scenario based on current rates of deforestation," he said.

The government has allocated 64 million hectares of natural forests, out of the country's 120 million, as forest concession areas that can be legally logged.

Rinekso, IPB's director of international cooperation, said that much of the total 120 million hectares of natural forests, were located in forest concession areas.

"The declining trend of deforestation from 2.8 million hectares in the 1990s to the current level of about 1 million hectares is not due to improved forestry management," he said.

"It is because we don't have enough existing forests anymore."

Rinekso said the government's forestry management gave too many benefits to concession holders as there was no clear policy requiring them to take responsibility for severely depleting the country's forests.

"Many HPH holders then leave concession areas without replanting trees there," he said.

The forests are the natural habitats of wild animals and plants that make Indonesia's biodiversity so rich. Indonesia is world renowned for its biodiversity, with nearly 3,700 species, or 15 percent of the world's total fauna found within the archipelago.

With the severe impact of climate change, calls for forest nations to preserve forests continue to grow in order to prevent the emission of carbon dioxide retained in tress.

The Guinness Book of World Records claims that Indonesia's rate of deforestation is the highest in the world, with the equivalent of three soccer fields cleared every hour.

Around 1.8 million hectares of rainforest were cut down in 1997, with figures jumping to 2.8 million hectares per year between 1998 and 2000.

Since then, clearance rates have remained high, at 1.8 million hectares.

Executive director of Greenomics Indonesia, Elfian Effendi, said that concession holders should uphold their obligation to replant trees as stipulated in their logging licenses.

"If they fail to uphold their business plans to preserve the concession areas they work in, the management of those companies could be sent into jail," he said.

For me I think this is bad and SBY needs to seriously think about it. Indonesia even got to the Guiness book of world records because of this. If we keep doing this until 2015, we can't live in Indonesia anymore. AND THAT IS BAD!!! It is like 2012, but in Indonesia...

By: Joshua 7A

NIXON COKRoJOYO 7A/16

2009/11/08

- the The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will pulled out from Afghanistan in Oct. 28 attack that have killed five of the workers,


U.N. spokesman Adrian Edwards in Kabul emphasizes the world body is not "withdrawing, not pulling out" from Afghanistan and will continue his work.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters at the U.N. on Friday that about 200 staff will be relocated to other U.N. offices in the region.

But Edwards said Saturday the U.N. is still poring over the personnel lists of every U.N. agency and every office and has yet to calculate the exact number leaving.

-Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro says the government is committed to improving the welfare of Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers, particularly those assigned to border regions.

“We originally planned to increase the salary of TNI soldiers in 2011, but we will try to speed up the plan to 2010,” Purnomo told reporters during a field trip to the West Kalimantan town of Entikong, near the border with Malaysia, on Saturday.

“The acceleration is mainly related to TNI bureaucratic reform. So, there will be better welfare in general for bureaucratic reform, but there will also be special remuneration increase for personnel posted on outer-most islands and border areas.”

During his trip to Entikong, Purnomo said he learned from local government officials that socio-economic problems facing both civilians and military personnel in the frontier and border regions had remained unabated.

“This problem definitely needs some attention. I admit that this is not a problem that belongs to the domain of the Defense Ministry, however, this is a comprehensive issue that needs to be addressed,” he said.

Head of Sanggau district, Setiman H. Sudin, told reporters that welfare issues in the border area had worsened ever since the reform era.

“Originally, the Indonesian and Malaysian governments tried to solve the welfare issues by signing the Melindo Deal in 1971. That deal stipulates that citizens from both countries are allowed to trade with one another with maximum value set at 600 RM (US$176.39),” he said.

“Now, the deal has been ineffective ever since its management was given to civilian institution. When the military handled the management in the past, it was clear and evident that the management was aimed to improve the people’s welfare.”

-Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signaled that Moscow could back sanctions against Iran if it fails to take a constructive stance in international talks over its nuclear program.

Medvedev says in an interview with Germany's Der Spiegel magazine that Iran must abide by the international rules and not try to hide its nuclear facilities. His comments were released by the Kremlin Saturday.

Medvedev says it would be better to avoid sanctions, but they can't be excluded if there is no progress in the talks. The comments follow up on Medvedev's statement in September that sanctions are sometimes inevitable.

Medvedev's remarks contrast with the words of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who has warned that the threat of sanctions could thwart talks with Iran

Illegal Logging

Illegal logging is an activities that trade wood for own interest or benefit. The most is peak wood, because peak is the most expensive wood in the world, the wood is so strong, thats why many house is build with that kind of wood.

Bibliography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_logging

Solution: We can save our forest from illegal logging by creation of international and national laws patrol the forest, and make rules.

Bibliography:http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/campaigns/forests/forests-worldwide/illegal-logging

This environment issues is causes by human, many- many human self fish to get money with out thinking what can it cause.

Antoni Halim Gunawan 7A/3

• The second Wednesday in October is International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction which focuses on the urgent need for prevention activities to reduce loss of life, damage to property, infrastructure and environment, and the social and economic disruption caused by natural disasters.
  
• In 2008 there were 354 natural disasters in which 236,000 people died and 211,628,186 were affected. This compares to the average for 2000-2007 of 397 natural disasters, with 66,812 deaths and a total of 231,588,104 people affected.

• Asia was the region worst affected in 2008 with 141 events including, Cyclone Nargis in Burma which left nearly 140,000 people dead (or missing, presumed dead) and an earthquake in Sichuan, China killing 87,476 which made up 93% of the global disaster toll.

• 2008 was the deadliest year since 2004, the year of the Indian Ocean tsunami.

• Disasters affect the world's poorest the hardest – 65% from 1991-2005 occurred in developing countries. Although climatological disasters were less numerous in 2008 compared to the annual average of 2000-2007, the number of victims increased by 30%, mainly due to extreme winter conditions in China (77 million victims), and droughts in Africa (14 million victims) and Asia (12 million victims).

• More than one third of the populations in Djibouti, Somalia and Eritrea were affected by drought. Tajikistan also experienced droughts that affected over 2 million people.

• China was the most affected economically. The economies of Myanmar and Tajikistan were largely affected during 2008, with damage costs representing nearly 30% and 22% of GDP, respectively

By: Anna 7A

Deforestation

Belitung regency to curb rapid pace of deforestation

Indra Harsaputra , The Jakarta Post , Bangka Belitung | Mon, 11/02/2009 1:47 PM | The Archipelago

The Belitung regency administrator in Bangka Belitung province is going to develop the tourism, the agriculture and the fishery, but for do that they need to chop down the trees in the area, which is also caused by extensive tin mining in the area.

The National Socio Economic Survey in 2006 says that 30.6% of the 1,074,775 people living in Bangka Belitung Island province were engaged in the tin mining sector, Bangka Belitung Island is the biggest tin producer in Indonesia, the people living there produce 70% of the annual national total production which is 3355,870 tons.

By: Marta 7A

Friday, November 6, 2009 1:52 PM
Climate change is also defense and security problem
Evan A. Laksmana , Jakarta Mon, 11/02/2009 1:47 PM

recents report shows that there in Southeast Asia of the most susceptible regions to climate change, more than 750,000 people have died between 1998 and 2009 caused by Natural Disaster.Indonesia too will soon see firsthand the increases in the severity of flooding, forest fires or Deforestation, rising sea level and extreme weather conditions like Tornado and others. Some one name Juwono Sudarsono said that there is no specific national security agenda for climate change problem. But it also shows climate change is still seen as an "environmental issue", not a matter of urgency our defense should focus on. Climate change has the ability to change the Indonesian Military's (TNI). A climate changing make rise of Indonesia's sea levels it was up to 1 meter by 2010 according to one study. It will increase salinity in our water, while the uptake of carbon dioxide will increase its acidity. Our ocean currents will eventually change as well. These changes, according to a recent Center for a New American Security report, will affect surface and under sea. But it also possible affect ship operation and maintenance, engines and other equipment. The TNI, there fore, needs to think about defense fuel efficiency. Hopefully soon, as it has already spent around Rp 2.9 billion (US$300 million) annually for fuel not counting oil-price and the cost of storage and distribution while the government often only pays half the bill. Concept that could change rapidly according to monthly changes in the regional military balance are Energy efficiency, however, does not mean a weaker (TNI). In fact, a recent Brookings report concluded lower. Climate is what you expect, but weather is what you get, as the old military saying goes. Well, we are certainly in for stormy weather.

By: Josephine 7A

Illegal logging continues in Aceh despite moratorium (Article posted on: Tuesday, 10/27/2009 12:52 PM)

The deforestation is getting worse every day in Aceh. According to a report from Greenomics Indonesia, Aceh already lost 200.000 hectares of forest!! That sure is a lot of trees... The rest of the article is just telling about the earthquake and tsunami in 2004.

Want to read the article?
http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/10/27/illegal-logging-continues-aceh-despite-moratorium.html



Farid 7A