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UNESCO Office, Jakarta

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UNESCO Librarian : Rosinta P. Hutauruk (rp.hutauruk@unesco.org )

News from UNESCO

UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists Programme 2012

October 21, No. 30

The UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists Programme has the pleasure to announce the 2012 call for applications. The Programme promotes the mobility of young artists through art residencies abroad. This call is open to creative writers, musicians and visual artists between 25 and 35 years old. To consult the list of bursaries available for 2012 please visit our website at www.unesco.org/culture/aschberg.

Online Publication
StResCom: Strengthening Resilience of Coastal and Small Island Communities Towards Hydro-Meteorological Hazards and Climate Change Impacts
A multilingual brochure (English, Bahasa Indonesia, Tetum and Tagalog) of StResCom: Strengthening Resilience of Coastal and Small Island Communities Towards Hydro-Meteorological Hazards and Climate Change Impacts DOWNLOAD

Stage for Change - An Artist's Guide to Gender, Sexuality, HIV & AIDS Advocacy
The book provides practical ideas on the potential of performing arts in relation to gender, sexuality and HIV & AIDS. The publication is a co-production of UNESCO Bangkok and the Philippines Educational Theatre Association (PETA). Download

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BMKG Berikan Peringatan Dini Tsunami ke 23 Negara. Kompas.com 12-10-2011
KOMPAS.com - Badan Meteorologi Klimatologi dan Geofisika (BMKG) dipercaya sebagai salah satu dari 3 negara kawasan Samudera Hindia yang dipercaya sebagai Regional Tsunami Service Provider-RTSP). Hal ini diungkapkan oleh Kepala Pusat Gempa Bumi dan Tsunami BMKG. More

Indonesia continues expanding sea conservation areas. Antara 17-10-2011

Lombok Barat, West Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA News) - Indonesia continues expanding its sea conservation areas to increase water productivity and develop marine potentials with a clear direction in line with international expectations, an official from the fisheries and marine resource ministry said. More

Indonesia still facing sanitation problems. Antara 18-10-2011

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia is still facing sanitation problems because around 70 million of its population are still living without proper toilets that will lead to the outbreak of diseases and serious economic losses. More

Ministry to save 15 severely damaged lakes. Jakarta Post 15-10-2011

JAKARTA: The Environment Ministry recently commenced a lake-rescue movement, known as GERMADAN, in order to increase the commitment to care for and save Indonesias lakes, as well as to develop their potential economically, socially and culturally. More

Over 21 pct of RI population still sithout clean water. Antara 13-10-2011

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Some 60 million people or 21.16 percent of Indonesia`s 230 million population still have no access to clean water, Deputy National Development Planning Minister Lukita Dinarsyah Tuwo said here on Thursday. More

Seawall could prove to be problematic. Jakarta Post 15-10-2011

Jakartans living with the constant threat of seawater inundation in Muara Baru, North Jakarta, are worried that the rainy season will add to their woes by causing prolonged flooding. More

Water construction sanitation require government planning. Antara 17-10-2011

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Water construction and sanitation require government planning and public participation, environment office director of the US Agency for International Development (AUSAID) Indonesia, Alfred Nakatsuma, said here on Monday. More

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Waving the REDD+ Jakarta Post 13-10-2011
Indonesia announced three policy moves in September to buttress its wavering REDD+ initiative to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhance accountable forest governance. More

TEMPO Interaktif, JAMBI - Situs Percandian Muarojambi, yang belum lama ini diusulkan ke UNESCO, terancam gagal masuk daftar warisan dunia. Itu dikarenakan adanya pencemaran lingkungan di kawasan tersebut oleh tujuh perusahaan penumpukan batu bara (stockpile) dan pabrik minyak goreng. More

Candi Muarojambi Terancam Gagal Jadi Warisan Dunia. TempoInteractive 1710-2011

UNESCO Ancam Cabut Status Borobudur dan Prambanan. Kompas.com 16-102011

JAKARTA, Kompas.com - Lembaga PBB, UNESCO, mengancam akan mencabut status candi Borobudur maupun Prambanan di Jawa Tengah dan Yogyakarta sebagai salah satu warisan dunia terancam dicabut. Ini dipicu sikap pengunjung kedua candi yang tidak mau menjaga kelestarian, dan justru cenderung merusak, dan mengotori situs yang dibangun abad ke-7 dan ke-9 itu. More

UNESCO team inspects heritage candidates. Jakarta Post 14-10-2011

A team from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) has arrived in Bali to conduct field inspections and review four sites proposed by the Indonesian government for acceptance in the organizations list of World Heritage Sites. More

When inequality is ignored. Jakarta Post 21-10-2011

The forceful dispersal on Wednesday of the concluding session of a three-day gathering of indigenous Papuans self-proclaimed by the organizers as the third Papua Peoples Congress in the provincial capital of Jayapura was another display of Jakartas inability to identify and settle the prolonged problems of isolation and inequality in the resource-rich region. More