Book Review: Theo Meier a Swiss Artist Under the Tropics

October 21st, 2007 | By Barrie | 2 Comments »

Theo Meier, like other artists such as Walter Spies and Rudolph Bonnet, found absolute paradise in Bali for the creative pursuits. In a recently published book - Theo Meier A Swiss artist under the tropics – by Didier Hamel there is clarity in the previous statement as reviewer Carla Bianpoen writes:

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Forest Preservation

October 21st, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

The burden of forest preservation should be shared by all those that benefit from it, including the industrialized countries. Global warming has been a major issue over the last decade. Global temperatures have increased by nearly one degree Celsius over the last 150 years, since the industrial era began. High levels of carbon emissions are blamed for this.

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Kertalangu Cultural Village: Bali

October 21st, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

A new recreational site - Kertalangu Cultural Village - is being developed in Kesiman Kertalangu, Padang Galak, East Denpasar, by hundreds of local farmers under the coordination of the village head. Strategically located on Jl. Raya Bypass Ngurah Rai, about five kilometers from downtown Denpasar, the Balinese, especially those in Denpasar and Gianyar, can easily reach the location by car, motorcycle or bicycle. On the side of the thoroughfare will be a shop selling ornamental plants and earthenware and not far from the shop an open-air restaurant with a stage and a sound system.

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Climate Change Chief Wants Big Changes

October 20th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

/>Global warming talks in Bali in December need to make a breakthrough or international efforts to limit greenhouse gases could be in “deep trouble,” the top U.N. climate official said. De Boer said the U.N. Bali gathering needed to do four things to start negotiations for a way to curb climate-warming gases after the current accord, the Kyoto Protocol, expires in 2012. The Bali meeting follows three reports this year by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the Nobel Peace Prize last week with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.

Sumatran Rhino Population Increases: Lampung, Sumatra

October 19th, 2007 | By Barrie | 1 Comment »

Some rare good news for the threatened Sumatran rhinoceros has come out of Lampung. The Sumatran rhinoceros population in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park and Way Kambas National Park in Lampung has increased in the past nine years. A survey by the Rhino Protection Unit (RPU) and Yayasan Badak Indonesia in 2007 found the population of the rare animal had risen by between 24 and 30 rhinoceroses.

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PDI-P Autonomy Hindered: Bali

October 19th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

The decision of the Bali chapter of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) to leave up to the national party leadership the nomination of a candidate for the 2008 gubernatorial election in Bali is detrimental to the autonomy of the party locally, a political analyst says.

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Indonesians in Focus: Teuku Jacob

October 19th, 2007 | By Barrie | 2 Comments »

Indonesian paleontologist Teuku Jacob, who died Wednesday from a liver disease, was known for his firm scientific judgments, including his opinion on the “Hobbit” fossils found on an island in East Nusa Tenggara province. A public funeral ceremony was held at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) in Yogyakarta on Thursday before Jacob’s body was moved to its final resting place in the university’s cemetery. Hundreds of academics, administrative staff, students, former rectors, and colleagues, friends and relatives of Jacob attended the ceremony that ended with a military salute for the recipient of the 2002 Bintang Mahaputra Nararia State Award.

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Wapauwe Mosque: Central Maluku

October 19th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

Wapauwe Mosque, built almost six centuries ago, is evidence of a long history of Islamic civilization in Maluku. Found in Kaitetu village in Leihitu district, Central Maluku, the old mosque, made of dried sago stems covered in sago leaves, continues to stand strong.

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Metro Jakarta: West Java

October 19th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

The biggest irony about Jakarta is that people see it as a city of a thousand chances, yet chances are actually confined, especially in relation to space. It seems that the rich get richer and the poor end up sleeping in cardboard boxes.

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Buleleng Poverty: Bali

October 18th, 2007 | By Barrie | No Comments »

It is difficult to determine whether the poverty alleviation program in Buleleng regency has been successful, with related agencies providing conflicting data on the number of impoverished people in the area. Data from the Buleleng chapter of the National Family Planning Coordination Agency (BKKBN) indicates that low-income families in the regency number approximately 39,000.

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