People are expected to give more contribution into forest conservation in the future, and taking maximum benefit from the forest without resulting any damages. Impression that forest are mystically fearful has to be eliminated. Expert Staff of In Institutional Development of the Forestry Minister Ir. Made Subadia Gelgel said in multipartrid meeting for implementation coordination […]

Worsening progress of abrasion in Bali beaches has to be stopped in synergy of both technical approach and natural vegetation. Additionally the government has to prohibit material exploitation from the beach especially stone and sand. The suggestion was made by Ketut Rika, a researcher from Udayana University during presentation of the result from a research […]

Increasing number of cases on violation to clearance zone of beach, cliff, and river especially for tourism investment in Bali indicates failure of public officials in maintaining the spirit to protect Bali.

Bali is currently in risky situation with very limited space of buffering forest. The risk level is nearly similar to other Indonesian provinces in Java and Sumatra. Head of Forest Mapping Agency (BPKH) Ir. Agus Nurhayat M.M. Agr. during journalistic training for functional officials of the forestry office yesterday (Friday, Oct 24th).

10 rivers crossing regency borders in Bali are in severe pollution. The pollution is resulted from different sectors including domestic (house hold waste), commercial (hotel, restaurants, etc.) and industrial (such as textile factory). Quality of the water is continuously getting worse. Head of Environmental Laboratory of Bali Environmental Agency Drs. Gede Suarjana, M.Si. explained the […]

Following similar appeal made by the provincial house of representatives, the governor of Bali Made Mangku Pastika writes a letter addressed to the regent of Badung A.A. Gde Agung, calling for his special atention on similar letter written by the house of representatives which suggested suspension of beach sand exploitation project at Geger beach.

Degrading environment and decreasing of physical size of Bali potentially lead to severe disaster for the next generation. The next generation will possibly have to fight each other to get a space for living due to current weakness of commitment to maintain sustainability of the island. Crisis of commitment among governmental officials of different regencies […]

Aerial shot taken over Bali show that the island is getting smaller because of abrasion. Additionally the picture also show significant shift in space usage. Land allocation was severely abused. There was no clear differentiation between areas for environmental conservation to reserve water and areas where residential and industrial development were allowed. Weak commitment in […]

Continuous attack of abrasion along the coast has taken up more than 100 meters of land along the shoreline of Ujung, a small traditional village in East Bali’s regency of Karangasem. The village of Ujung Hyang now does not have seaside temple (Pura Segara) any longer, the temple has been completely taken down to the […]

During an assembly meeting with the government, the house of representatives of Tabanan regency  paid attention to the presence of  private villas with legal conflict such as Villa Petali. Bad road condition was also taking attention, members questions effectiveness of the office for public works in maintenance and reconstruction of local infrastructure including public road.
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