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Tsunami alert lifted in Malaysia

April 8, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Kuala Lumpur, Apr 7 (ANI): The Malaysian Meteorological Department has lifted the tsunami alert it issued for the coastal areas of Perlis, Penang and Kedah following the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in North Sumatra.

In a statement released on Wednesday morning, it said that it lifted the alert because only a small tsunami had occurred in Sumatra following the quake.

The earthquake had hit North Sumatera, 448km southwest of Pangkor Island Wednesday morning. Tremors were felt in the west coast of Peninsula Malaysia.

The department had earlier warned people to keep away from the beach, The Star reports.

In George Town, state Meteorological Department director Loh Eng Kee said the tsunami alert was called off at 8.20 am (local time) as Sumatra had only experienced a small tsunami.

“A tsunami alert was issued in Penang, Perlis and Kedah at 6.45am following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake off the sea of northern Sumatra.

“The National Security Council, police, the Chief Minister’s Office and the State Secretariat were informed of the situation.

“After monitoring sea conditions, our headquarters in Petaling Jaya issued a cancellation of the alert after only a small tsunami touched the coast of Sumatra,” Loh said.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, who was briefed on the tsunami alert at the department in Bayan Lepas, said the relevant departments responded swiftly to the alert.We are thankful that there was no tsunami,” he said.

Tremors due to the earthquake shook high-rise buildings on Penang island including those on Macallum Street, Rifle Range and Sungai Ara causing fear among residents.

The Indonesia Meteorology and Geophysics Agency also issued a tsunami warning following the quake, but lifted it two hours later. (ANI)

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Indonesia’s illegal orangutan trade on the rise – report

April 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

JAKARTA, April 16 (Reuters) – More of Indonesia’s critically endangered orangutans are being caught for the pet trade now than in the 1970s, reflecting the country’s weak law enforcement, a wildlife protection group said in a report published on Thursday.

Less than 8,000 Sumatran orangutans remain in the wild but a new report from wildlife trade monitors, TRAFFIC, found that an increasing number are being rescued from private ownership and handed over to Indonesian rehabilitation centres.

“More effort has gone into orangutan conservation than any other wildlife over the last 30 years and yet we are seeing the same thing happening,” said Chris Shepherd, Acting Director of TRAFFIC Southeast Asia.

“Confiscating these animals without prosecuting the owners is futile. There is no deterrent for those committing these crimes, if they go unpunished. Indonesia has adequate laws, but without serious penalties, this illegal trade will continue, and these species will continue to spiral towards extinction.”

An estimated 2,000 orangutans have been confiscated or handed in by their owners to rehabilitation centres in Indonesia in the last 30 years, but very few owners or traders have been prosecuted, TRAFFIC said.

The head of the enforcement arm of North Sumatra’s Regional Office for the Conservation of Natural Resources, Djati, said he had never charged, jailed, or fined anyone for owning an orangutan, despite the fact that it was against Indonesian law.

“When we find them, we request that they give them up and if they do not, we take the orangutan away by force,” said Djati, who like many Indonesians has only one name.

“Most of the people who own them are village people who do not realise it is against the law,” he said, adding that his office was setting up a new wildlife crime unit to crack down on black market traders.

A new population of up to 2,000 orangutans was recently discovered in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, but TRAFFIC’s Shepherd said this community was also in great danger from poachers, who tend to kill female orangutans and steal their babies.

“It would be surprising if traders didn’t know it was there already,” he said. (Editing by Sara Webb)

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Indonesia’s illegal orangutan trade on the rise

April 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

JAKARTA (Reuters) – More of Indonesia’s critically endangered orangutans are being caught for the pet trade now than in the 1970s, reflecting the country’s weak law enforcement, a wildlife protection group said in a report published Thursday.

An estimated 2,000 orangutans have been confiscated or handed in by their owners to rehabilitation centers in Indonesia in the last 30 years, but very few owners or traders have been prosecuted, TRAFFIC said.

“When we find them, we request that they give them up and if they do not, we take the orangutan away by force,” said Djati, who like many Indonesians has only one name.

“Most of the people who own them are village people who do not realize it is against the law,” he said, adding that his office was setting up a new wildlife crime unit to crack down on black market traders.

“It would be surprising if traders didn’t know it was there already,” he said.

(Editing by Sara Webb)

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MSE Earthstone resources acquires 100% economic rights of coal tenement in Indonesia

March 18, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Jakarta (Indonesia) Mar 18 (ANI/Business Wire India): MSE Earthstone Resources FZC, part of Earthstone Group, a diversified mining company, today announced the acquisition of 100% economic rights for coal tenement extensively spread over 2,560 Hectares in the thermal coal resource region of Melabouh, Aceh, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

The Indonesian Department of Mining granted a three-year Kuasa Pertambangan (a mining right) license to PT Bara Bina Perkasa early this month. MSE Earthstone Resources FZC has acquired 100 per cent economic rights from PT Bara Bina Perkasa and has agreed to invest for exploration and exploitation of the tenement.

Integrated Coal Mining limited, a RPG Group company from India entered into an agreement with MSE Earthstone Resources FZC to jointly explore this tenement. RPG Group has an option to acquire up to 51% economic interest of the mine subject to satisfactory exploration of the tenement.

Commenting on the acquisition, Earthstone Group, Chairman and CEO Pankaj Shah said: “This acquisition is in line with our growth strategy of identifying and exploring high quality natural resources in order to meet the industry demand”.

Earthstone conducted initial reconnaissance studies to identify outcrops, determine characteristics of the coal seam, collect samples and determine the logistics; initial results show immense potential for prospecting of high quality thermal coal. The proposed site has good road infrastructure with minimal effort required to expand.

Earthstone jointly with RPG Group plans to initiate detailed systematic surveys including geophysical studies, drilling and geological logging on the site by April 2009.

Earthstone Group is a diversified multinational Group with established presence in Mines and Minerals and developing interests in Energy, Roads, Airports, Ports, Rail Networks and other associated Infrastructure. Acting through its subsidiary companies the Group secured 100 per cent Economic Rights in Coal, Iron Ore, Lead Ore and Manganese Ore properties in Indonesia.

We are actively pursuing opportunities in a number of Asian and African countries for Coking Coal, Uranium, Gold and Thermal Coal Mining. (ANI)

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