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IRC-MEDMIND International Workshop Program: "Planning for the Sustainable Future of Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in West Nusa Tenggara (WNT) Province" Mataram, 16 May 2013 The greatest concerns over ASGM relate to the impacts of this form of mining on the natural environment. Mercury is a toxic compound and once released into the environment can contaminate soil, water and plants. In Lombok f...
Advance Text of the New Mercury TreatyThe Agreed Advance Text of the New Mercury Treaty , is now available from the UNEP Website. It appears as annex to the Advance Report from INC 5, see attached documents and also the relevant link below:   Documents: 5_7_REPORT_ADV...
IPEN has just released an updated and final Guide to the New Mercury Treaty.Finally the final version of the text of the agreement has been finalized and published by the relevant parties. "International POPs Elimination Network" (IPEN) has just released an updated and final Guide to the New Mercury Treaty. The "Final Guide ...
Preliminary Guide To The New Mercury TreatyPertemuan final dari “Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee” (INC) untuk merkuri telah diadakan di Jenewa, Swiss pada Januari 2013 dan telah mencapai komitmen final untuk isi teks perjanjian. Dokumen perjanjian akan diadopsi pada sebuah konfere...
Tak Ada Batas Aman: Sudahkah Cat di Rumah Anda Bebas Pb?Timbel, kerap disebut juga timah hitam, merupakan unsur logam berat yang bersimbol Pb, dari bahasa Latin plumbum. Dalam bentuk murni, logam ini berwarna abu-abu kebiruan, lunak dan mudah dibentuk, sehingga sering dikombinasikan sebagai logam campuran...
ITFN Tuntut Pemerintah Jamin Perlindungan Rakyat dan Lingkungan Dalam Negosiasi MerkuriMenjelang dilaksanakannya pertemuan Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Mercury ke-5 (INC5), Indonesia Toxics Free Network (ITFN) menuntut ketegasan sikap delegasi Indonesia dalam pertemuan tersebut. INC5 akan dilaksanakan pada 13-18 Januari 2...
Laporan Kampanye Bebas Merkuri (Situs PESK: Poboya dan Sekotong - Indonesia)  Tingkat Pencemaran Tinggi Membuat Poboya dan Sekotong Menjadi Mercury “Hotspot”   Sebuah laporan baru menemukan tingginya konsentrasi merkuri  pada manusia melebihi batas aman yang disarankan dan menjadikan Poboya, Palu dan Sekotong,...
Sepuluh Rumah Sakit di Kota Denpasar Sepakat Mengurangi dan Menghapuskan Peralatan Kesehatan yang Mengandung Merkuri[Denpasar, Bali – 20 November 2012] Limbah yang mengandung merkuri di rumah sakit atau dari peralatan medis perlu mendapatkan perhatian khusus mengingat bahaya jangka pendek dan jangka panjang merkuri terhadap kesehatan dan lingkungan. Untuk mengur...
Laporan Lokakarya Nasional Penyusunan Strategi Pengelolaan Merkuri Yang Berwawasan Lingkungan Di IndonesiaLokakarya Nasional Penyusunan Strategi Pengelolaan Merkuri Yang Berwawasan Lingkungan Di Indonesia Jakarta, 5 September 2012 – Menjelang dilaksanakannya pertemuan Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee ke-5 (INC 5) tentang perjanjian global merku...
Round Table Forum "Green and Healthy Hospitals", wilayah provinsi DKI JakartaHotel Ibis Tamarin, 4 September 2012 , Jakarta Dyah Paramitha dari Indonesian Centre for Environmenta Law (ICEL) bertanya kepada Bapak Sabar Ginting Asdep Pengendalian Pencemaran Manufaktur, Prasarana dan Jasa dari Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup...
Peserta HCWH Workshop Round Table Forum "Green and Healthy Hospital Network"Jakarta, 4 September 2012 Para peserta Round Table Forum "Green and Healthy Hospitals", wilayah provinsi DKI Jakarta, yang diadakan pada 4 September 2012 bertempat di Hotel Ibis Tamarin, Jakarta. Kegiatan ini merupakan hasil kerjasama antara Y...
Peserta Lokakarya NasionalPenyusunan Strategi Nasional Pengelolaan Merkuri yang Berwawasan Lingkungan di Indonesia. US DOS Workshop , 5 September 2012 Para Peserta Lokakarya Nasional Penyusunan Strategi Nasional Pengelolaan Merkuri yang Berwawasan Lingkungan di Indonesia...

 

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Socialization of Solid Waste Management in Household Level (BaliFokus and Public Health (IKM) Student, Udayana University to the People of Banjar Pembungan, Sesetan, Denpasar – BaliDenpasar, May 5th 2013 – BaliFokus was invited by Public Health Student (IKM), Udayana University as a speaker regarding solid waste management in household level. The event was held as part of the IKM field course (PBL) in community level. The obj...
The Socialization of Solid Waste Management (SWM) in Household Level at Dalung Sub- DistrictBadung, April 18th 2013 – To realize the Badung Clean, Green and Blooming through Solid Waste Management maintained by Community-based Organization, the Cleanliness and Garden Affairs Agency (DKP) Badung regency conducted Socialization and Training...
Forum SKPD Bali Province 2013Denpasar, 9 Maret 2013 – SKPD (Satuan Kerja Perangkat Daerah) Forum is an umbrella to accommodate the needs amongst development stakeholders to discuss the development program priorities in the provincial level according to the Musrenbang (Developm...
Financial and Institutional Commissioning of SLBM 2011West Lombok, February 8th 2013 – BALIFOKUS conducted financial and institutional commissioning activities for SLBM 2011 program in West Lombok regency, NTB province. The commissioning was conducted in Abharyah Community-based Organization located i...
Coordination Meeting BALIFOKUS - AKSANSIDenpasar, February 25th 2013 – A prospective coordination meeting has been held in BALIFOKUS office between Director of BALIFOKUS, Tri Wahyudi Purnomo and AKSANSI Secretariat, Prasetyastuti Puspowardoyo on Monday, 25 February 2013. Purpose of the m...
SANIMAS Site Visit and Monitoring; BALIFOKUS Team with students from Environmental Engineering of Bandung Institute of TechnologyDenpasar, January 21st 2013 – BALIFOKUS conducted site visit and monitoring activities to facilitate students from environmental engineering of Bandung Institute of Technology for preliminary survey to get a macro observation about SANIMAS implemen...

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