BWS Bali Penida Dredges Sediment at Muara Nusa Dua Reservoir
The Bali-Penida River Basin Authority is dredging sediment from Muara Nusa Dua Reservoir in Denpasar to restore storage capacity and maintain flows to…
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Batukaru Reforestation Launches With 100 Trees on 1,000 m² Forest Plot
A Bali Provincial Forestry Service-led reforestation project has begun around Pura Luhur Batukaru, with 100 trees planted over 1,000 m² and a year of…
Prabowo Launches Indonesia’s 100 GWp Solar Programme in Gilimanuk
President Prabowo Subianto launched Indonesia’s 100 GWp solar programme in Gilimanuk on 25 August 2026. Verified sources confirm a 14-project, 5.3 GWp…
Explainer: AMDAL, UKL-UPL and SPPL for Bali villa and resort projects
Indonesia requires most Bali property and hospitality projects to secure environmental approval before business and building licences. AMDAL, UKL-UPL…
Seasonal Plastic Tides Confirmed on Badung’s West Coast Beaches
Seasonal tides of plastic waste regularly hit Badung’s western beaches, with local authorities and community groups mounting large-scale clean-up oper…
Bali Speeds Up LP2B Mapping to Protect Farmland from Conversion
Bali’s provincial government is working with the national land agency to speed up mapping and legal protection of sustainable food-agriculture land (L…
BRIN Ties Lake Batur Mass Fish Deaths to Oxygen Crash During Lake Mixing
BRIN researchers link a late-July mass fish kill in Lake Batur to natural lake mixing that brought oxygen-poor, sulfide-bearing bottom water to the su…
Udayana Study Confirms Diesel-Linked Hydrocarbon Contamination in Benoa Mangroves
Udayana University researchers have identified 41 fuel-linked hydrocarbon compounds in mangrove soil near the Bali Mandara Toll Road, confirming diese…
Bali enacts Perda 4/2026 to curb land conversion and nominee ownership
Bali has enacted Provincial Regulation No. 4 of 2026 to restrict conversion of productive farmland and ban nominee land ownership, a policy officials…
Ayung River Study Rates Overall Water Quality as Poor (C)
A 2025 journal study found the Ayung River’s overall quality was Poor (C) after reviewing five years of data from seven monitoring stations, with BOD…
IMO designates Nusa Penida and Gili Matra as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area
The IMO has designated the Nusa Penida and Gili Matra marine conservation areas as a Particularly Sensitive Sea Area, linking their high biodiversity…
Klungkung Pushes SWRO Desalination Plant to Ease Nusa Penida Water Strains
Klungkung regency is partnering with Perumda Air Minum Panca Mahottama and a private operator to build a seawater reverse-osmosis plant in Jungutbatu,…
Sidan expands organic farming to 30 hectares, links it to eco-tourism
Sidan village in Gianyar has expanded organic farming to 30 hectares, according to local reports, while linking the programme to Kissidan Eco Hill as…
Denpasar Regulation No. 8/2023: Who Handles Waste?
Denpasar’s 2023 waste regulation remains in force and shifts responsibility to source-based handling, with collection and sorting shaped by local cust…
Lovina’s dolphin tourism raises conservation and welfare concerns
Lovina’s sunrise dolphin tours underpin a busy marine tourism economy in north Bali, but researchers, activists and officials are pushing for stricter…
