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An environmental NGO on Monday reported seven mining firms to Environment Minister Gusti Hatta Radjasa, accusing them of polluting farms and water supplies vital to hundreds of residents based near the companies’ operations. “The ministry should conduct an investigation into water polluting in the area as soon as possible because hundreds of families have no access to clean water,” newly-elected Jatam coordinator Andrie S. Wijaya said Monday. He said Gusti had the authority to order regents to halt operations of mining companies deemed to be causing environment damage. |
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Natural resources of peat land as a local resource in the know since a long-established, as a source of livelihood support needs of hereditary family life, from taking non-timber forest products, rattan plantations, rubber plantations, lowland rice farming, fishing in rivers, lake, chisel,
handil, beje (fish ponds) based on our local rules and wisdom.
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The Jakarta Globe, November 18, 2009, Emmy Fitri Farmer Kamsari Turahim, from Santing, Indramayu in West Java, said he could no longer rely on the traditional patterns of rice cultivation because the rain was now much less predictable and the dry seasons lasted longer than ever.
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Source: Reuters - September 3, 2008
Indonesian coal miner PT Kaltim Prima Coal (KPC) said operations at its mining area had returned to normal since late Tuesday after local officials opened up the mining pits, company officials said on Wednesday.
Local forest rangers shut a road leading to its East Kalimantan mine last month, disrupting operations of KPC, a unit of PT Bumi Resources Tbk BUMI.JK, Indonesia's largest coal miner. Bumi is controlled by the family of chief social welfare minister Aburizal Bakrie. |
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The Jakarta Globe, October 26, 2009, Fidelis E Satriastanti As the UN’s Copenhagen climate change summit nears, green groups on Monday said they would ask the House of Representatives to summon the country’s climate negotiators to report on the status of the talks.
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