Young Indonesian climate leaders demand safe future in new book
On his ninth birthday, Robertus Darren Radyan gave a present to each person who came to his party. Each guest got to take home a light-red flower pot that had…
Articles by Warief Djajanto Basorie
1971-1991, reporter at the domestic KNI News Service, Jakarta. 1974-1991, concurrently Jakarta correspondent to the Manila-based DEPTHnews Asia that reports on Asian development. 1991-present, instructor and climate reporting workshop convenor at the Dr Soetomo Press Institute (LPDS), Jakarta
‘Spiderwebs’ to the rescue for Indonesia’s coral reefs
Ultra-strong fibers, multi-legged robots, pain relievers — all are human innovations inspired by spiders. Now, conservationists in Indonesia are rehabilitating coral reefs using what’s known as the coral spider technique.…
Indonesia’s mangrove restoration bid holds huge promise, but obstacles abound
In the Indonesian village of Kun-kun, where illegal loggers once cut mangroves for timber, a new livelihood has come to the fore: crab fishing. “Without the mangroves, the crabs cannot…
Saving medicinal plants a village cause in Indonesia
MUARA JAMBI, Indonesia — In a wood-plank house on the banks of the Batang Hari River, a dukun, or traditional healer, named Siti Hawa, 62, handles a grass-like plant topped…
Environment award stokes urge to save Indonesia’s karst landscape
“Recover Citatah Karst, Make People Prosper.” That’s the call printed in red letters on a huge white banner pinned on a limestone cliff in Indonesia’s West Java province. “We put…
Indonesia’s clean energy transition must start with clean rivers (commentary)
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