Manggarai Barat’s DLHP launches Bank Sampah G-Lingko pilot waste bank
Manggarai Barat’s Environmental and Land Agency has formed Bank Sampah G-Lingko as a pilot waste bank under its office in Labuan Bajo, with UNDP descr…
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BNPB: 142 deaths linked to Flores quake, 94 in evacuation sites
Indonesia’s disaster agency says 142 people died in connection with the 15 August 2026 Flores earthquake, including 48 from the direct impact of the m…
East Flores Counts Five Disaster Emergencies Early in 2026
East Flores authorities say five disaster emergency statuses were active in early 2026, covering an eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, extreme weat…
Indonesia, Japan advance forestry, carbon and Komodo dragon cooperation
Indonesia and Japan are expanding cooperation on tropical forests, mangrove management, carbon investment and wildlife conservation, including a Komod…
Indonesia’s Komodo strategy tied to 2025–2045 biodiversity plan
Indonesia’s conservation authorities now publicly describe a formal Komodo Dragon Conservation Strategy and Action Plan as part of the national biodiv…
Labuan Bajo’s tourism ‘quantum leap’ tests local capacity
A 2024 study by Universitas Gadjah Mada anthropologist Arkan Syafera argues that Labuan Bajo’s designation as an Indonesian Super Priority Destination…
Labuan Bajo cleanups recorded 20,007.54 kilograms of marine debris
Government records show Labuan Bajo cleanups collected 19,000 kilograms of debris in 2017 and a further 1,007.54 kilograms in 2018, for a combined tot…
Inside Komodo’s 25-Year Plan and The Nature Conservancy’s 2004 Progress Report
A 2004 progress report and Komodo National Park’s 25-year management plan outline how The Nature Conservancy and Indonesian authorities structured lon…