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An Indonesian government plan to build a vast agricultural estate to shore up food security threatens Indigenous territory and risks destroying millions of hectares of climate-critical tropical rainforests, environmental activists have warned as the Southeast Asian nation hosts the G20 Summit in Bali. The Jokowi government’s food estate programme was announced in 2020 in response to food security concerns triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic. The programme is now in its third year, and President Joko Widowo had in October urged ministers to scale it up, despite techinical problems and reports that crop yields have fallen. The project aims to increase food…
VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced Friday, confirming the longest trip of Francis’ papacy that is sure to test his health, stamina and mobility. The Vatican confirmed the Sept. 2-13 visit, saying the 87-year-old pope would visit Jakarta, Indonesia; Port Moresby and Vanimo, Papua New Guinea; Dili, East Timor; and Singapore. Further details will be announced later. Francis’ health has become a source of increasing concern and speculation, even though the pontiff is able to carry on with a rigorous schedule of meetings…
Jakarta – PT Pertamina Hulu Indonesia (PHI) held Risk Management & ICoFR Awareness and ICoFR Implementation Kick-off, online, on Thursday (08/07). The event, attended by 120 participants, aimed to develop awareness and shared perception among PHI management regarding the urgency of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) implementation as well as to introduce Internal Control over Financial Reporting (ICoFR) concept which is in line with ERM Implementation. President Director of PHI, Chalid Said Salim, and PHI management board also attended the event. It was opened by Satya Nugraha and continued with a speech from PHI’s President Director. In his speech, Chalid Said…
One Saturday in October 2023, thick smog blanketed the runways of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia, forcing several inbound flights to be diverted to other airports. The heavy smog was from a massive landfill fire that started the day before and would take days to extinguish after burning through almost the entire landfill. Just weeks earlier, firefighters battled a persistent wildfire that ravaged savanna fields and forests in Mount Bromo for over a week. Fires razed nearly one million hectares of lands and forests in Indonesia in 2023, as the country suffered from unusually scorching weather due to climate change.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “short but very productive visit” to Jakarta, where he participated in the ASEAN-India Summit and the East Asia Summit has concluded, said Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Saurabh Kumar. In a post on X, he tweeted,” PM Modi concludes his visit to Indonesia, forging stronger partnerships with ASEAN and EAS partners.” In a brief video message posted on X by MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi, Kumar summarised the key takeaways from PM Modi’s Jakarta visit. Kumar stated that PM Modi emphasised the “need to amplify the voice of the Global South, including in the G20.”…
POPE Francis will travel to the southeast Asian countries of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Singapore later this year. The 11-day multi-country voyage from September 2–13 will be the longest international trip of Francis’ papacy. The trip announcement comes after the 87-year-old Pope has slowed down his travel schedule in recent months as health issues have forced him to cancel some public appearances. Pope Francis, who often uses a wheelchair, has not traveled internationally since September 2023. Faith centre: The Cathedral of St Mary of the Assumption and the Great Istiqlal Mosque, two places of worship facing each…
This year’s International Women’s Day recognizes the contribution of women and girls around the world who are leading efforts on climate adaptation and strengthening resilience to build a more sustainable future for all. Natural hazards and climate change tend to affect vulnerable groups disproportionately, particularly women and girls. Yet they are often underrepresented in decision‑making processes – women typically represent only a third of community representatives in village-level disaster risk reduction forums in Indonesia. In addition, persistent discriminatory norms, cultural values, and hierarchies may exacerbate inequalities for women and girls and heighten risks—such as gender-based violence (GBV)—in post‑disaster contexts. For…
Coal downstreaming in Indonesia is constrained by the lack of technology to execute the program, a senior government official says. Special Staff to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Irwandy Arif, stated that Indonesia does not master the technology for downstream programs as yet. “We do not have the technology as yet, we pay (for technology), which is too expensive,” Irwandy said in Jakarta on Thursday, March 14, 2024, as quoted by Kontan.co.id. He cited an example of domestic coal companies such as PT Kaltim Prima Coal and PT Bukit Asam (PTBA) that were going to coal downstreaming…
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The National Police’s Directorate of Narcotics Crime was determined to tighten surveillance on the trafficking of illegal drugs around Indonesia’s entry points during the holy month of Ramadan.Director of Narcotics Crimes Brigadier General Mukti Juharsa said that the increased surveillance was conducted in an effort to prevent the entry of illegal drugs into Indonesia, especially through the borders in Sumatra and Kalimantan. “At the entrance to Indonesia,” he said in an official statement on Tuesday, March 12Based on the evaluation of drug network disclosures so far that often show illegal drugs penetrating the country through Malaysia, the National…
JAKARTA, January 6, 2022 – Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), the leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, today announced the appointment of Kameswara (Kames) Natakusumah as Head of Indonesia and Head of Corporate Risk & Broking (CRB) in Indonesia. Based in Jakarta, Kames leads Willis Towers Watson (WTW) in Indonesia, delivering client-focused solutions that manage risk, optimise benefits and cultivate talent to strengthen and protect organisations across the vast archipelago. He will also work closely with business leaders across the company to bring all of WTW services and solutions to clients to support their businesses in Indonesia. Kames replaces…