Young people from around the world will be arriving in the country Wednesday for the International Youth Forum on Climate Change. On their agenda are visits to Komodo National Park in East Nusa Tenggara, the orangutan conservation forest in Central Kalimantan and the sea garden in South Sulawesi. Their travels will continue until Monday...
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There are three varieties of tiger in Indonesia, Sumatra Tiger ( Panthera tigris sumatrae), Java Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica), and Bali Tiger (Panthera tigris balica). Bali tiger and Java Tiger are now extinct , and Sumatra Tiger are rare because of hunting and lost of their habitat. The latest of Java tiger live in...
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Climatologists are studying ways to limit global warming. Two key methods would be (1) limiting CO2 emissions and (2) carbon sequestration-either preventing carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere or removing CO2 already there. Two effective techniques for limiting CO2 emissions would be (1) to replace fossil fuels with energy sources that do not emit...
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Local Peoples said that Mt. Merbaboe and Mt. Merapi were wife and husband. Merbaboe stand for “Meroe” and “baboe” these words mean woman mountain (merapi wife’s). Mt. Merbabu have many peaks, the highest ones is Kenteng Songo 3.142 masl (meter above sea level). There are some trails, which can lead to the summit of...
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Merbabu Community went to Mount Merbaboe National Park in 16-17 August 2009. Some women and some students also joined to climb the mountain, to celebrate “Indonesian Independence Day.” In the base camp Cunthel, there was a stage with traditional dancing “Jathilan” in the mid day, and after that some beauty full and sexy dang-dut singers...
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July, 18-19th 2009, More than 200 climbers from Merbabu Community and Habitat Community sponsored by Bag’s Corner, climbed to mount Merapi in Central Java. Merapi is still active volcano, almost every two years the mountain blows the “Wedus Gembel.” Only a half of them reached the top of the mountain, the others stayed in...
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This film can be downloaded from internet, available on dvd and the movie had been shown on theatre. Film with footage from over 60 countries, Boomerang is a depiction of how the Earth’s problems are all interlinked. The film begin with the eruption of mount semeru and the fantastic crater of mount Bromo in...
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Greenhouse effect is a warming of the lower atmosphere and surface of a planet by a complex process involving sunlight, gases, and particles in the atmosphere. On the earth, the greenhouse effect began long before human beings existed. However, recent human activity may have added to the effect. The amounts of heat-trapping atmospheric gases,...
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Krakatau, is a volcano that lies in the Sunda Strait of Indonesia, between the islands of Sumatra and Java. It is also called Krakatoa. Much of the volcano is underwater. But some of it projects above the water in the form of the islands Krakatau, Anak Krakatau, Lang, and Verlaten. The volcano rises 2,667...
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Mt. Slamet is the second highest mountain in Java (3.432 meter above sea level). There are three routes leading to the mountain; one from west side of the mountain, one from Batu Raden and another from Bambangan, out of which is the shortest route to the mountain. When Sir Frances Drake an explorer and...
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