Speaking in Bogor before setting out for the UN Sustainable Development Conference in Rio de Janeiro, President Yudhoyono appealed to global leaders to move toward a green economy saying Indonesia had adopted an environmentally sustainable model of economic growth where its forests were prized and protected.
Environment & Natural Disasters
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June 2012
January 2012
Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – January 4, 2012
Man: Optimistic?
Flood waters read: Corruption, mafia, violence...
February 2011
Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – February 2, 2011
1st Man: Be patient, I’m sure the extreme weather will soon pass...
2nd Man: What about extreme corruption and the judicial mafia, when will they pass?
January 2011
News/Indonesia
Kompas – January 5, 2011
Jakarta – Agrarian conflicts in palm oil plantation areas – followed by the criminalisation of local residents who object to these palm oil plantations – have in creased two-fold in 2010 compared with 2009.
December 2010
Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – December 8, 2010
1st Man: Everything’s covered in dust...
2nd Man: But not the promises made to us, right?
November 2010
Statements/Indonesia
ARM – November 9, 2010
Starting from November 5 2010, the national SBY-Boediono government decided that the Merapi volcano eruption disaster would be led by the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB).
Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – November 3, 2010
1st Man: We live in a disaster prone area so of course we have to be responsive to disasters...
2nd Man: Their response is just a comparative study...
October 2010
Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – October 30, 2010
Alie: It’s your own fault for living in Mentawai, why didn’t you just become the speaker of the House!
July 2010
Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – July 21, 2010
1st Man: By 2050 many of our islands will be under water.
2nd Man: What’s important is they’re safe till 2014, right?