INDO LOG

Farmers flee as world's deadliest volcano rumbles
Associated Press | Tue, 09/20/2011 9:33 AM

Bold farmers in Indonesia routinely ignore orders to evacuate the slopes of live volcanoes, but those living on Tambora took no chances when history's deadliest mountain rumbled ominously this month.

Villagers like Hasanuddin Sanusi have heard since they were young how the mountain they call home once blew apart in the largest eruption ever recorded - an 1815 event widely forgotten outside their region - killing 90,000 people and blackening skies on the other side of the globe.

Mbah Maridjan’s son named Merapi gatekeeper
The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta | Tue, 04/05/2011 8:00 AM

YOGYAKARTA: The Yogyakarta administration has appointed Mas Lurah Suraksosihono, better known as Asih, to replace his father, Mbah Maridjan, as the spiritual guardian of Mount Merapi volcano.

The 44-year-old was inaugurated on Monday in a ceremony attended by 229 others who were also installed as officials of the Yogyakarta Sultanate.

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Issue: Atheist arrested for blasphemy
The Jakarta Post | Sat, 01/28/2012 3:57 PM

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A 30 year-old civil servant in the Dharmasraya regency of West Sumatra, identified as Alexander,
was arrested on Friday for blasphemy after creating a Facebook fan page titled Ateis Minang (Minang Atheist), which was “liked” by 1,238 Facebook users.

Dharmasraya Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Chairul Azis said that the man was arrested because of his writings on the fan page and his direct statements saying that he did not believe in God.

Letter: Arrest of an atheist civil servant
Thu, 01/26/2012 10:50 AM

Thankfully, I myself am not an atheist and along with Dante Gabriel Rosetti I have often thought that the worst moment for an atheist must be when he or she is really thankful but has nobody to thank.

But the disturbing news in relation to Alexander, the 30-year-old civil servant who was arrested for blasphemy after creating a Facebook fan page titled Ateis Minang (Minang Atheist), which was “liked” by some 1,238 users, has prompted me to ask several questions.

Atheist civil servant arrested for blasphemy
Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, The Jakarta Post, Padang | Sat, 01/21/2012 1:08 PM

A 30-year-old civil servant in the Dharmasraya regency of West Sumatra, identified as Alexander, was arrested on Friday for blasphemy after creating a Facebook fan page titled Ateis Minang (Minang Atheist), which was ‘liked’ by some 1,238 Facebook users.

Dharmasraya Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Chairul Azis said that the man was arrested because of his writings on the fan page and his direct statements saying that he did not believe in God.

Activists express doubt over ‘lungs of the world’ plan
Elly Burhaini Faizal, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 01/21/2012 1:05 PM

Activists were pessimistic that the government plan to allocate 45 percent of forests in Kalimantan as “the lungs of the world” would work, as mining activities and land clearing for oil palm plantations had taken up more than half of the forests on the island.

REDD+: Opportunities to alter deforestation
Agus Purnomo and Yani Saloh, Jakarta | Thu, 01/26/2012 10:33 AM

The recent Durban climate talks had mixed results and different implications for each country, including Indonesia. On the main issue of reducing emissions from deforestation and peat land conversion, known as REDD, Durban made progress in setting reference emissions levels, measuring emission reductions (including agreements on measuring), reporting and verifying (MRV) of achieved REDD+ outcomes, and the implementation of safeguards to mitigate negative impacts of REDD+ projects.