industrial forestry plantations, massive hydropower development and gold mining activities in the Batang Toru watershed,” Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq said Dec.
He said the Batang Toru and Garoga River Basins are vital ecological and social areas that must be protected ... He added that monitoring will continue to expand to the Batang Toru, Garoga and other watersheds in North Sumatra.
But the Batang Toru dam, owned by Chinese and Indonesian companies and being built and financed by Chinese state-owned enterprises, presented an opportunity for both nations ... The group also maintains a research station in the Batang Toru ecosystem.
, a Portugese-Japanese documentary project from director and writer Toru Kubota, took home the top prize at the pitching session of this year’s TaiwanCreativeContent Fest (TCCF), which wrapped yesterday (November 7) ... “The pitch went like this ... .