Neng Tatix

Neng Tatix

A journalist working at Suara Merdeka, the largest newspaper in Central Java, based in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. She has an interest in covering environmental issues including, but not limited to, climate change, LGBT, biodiversity, energy, agriculture and forestry. One of her notable reports was “Gibbon coffee supports rare forest primates and local livelihoods in Java, Indonesia”
LNG Terminal

LNG terminal construction sacrifices mangroves and the Bali marine ecosystem

Southeast Asians are now forced to face another fossil fuel: Natural gas, which is more accurately referred to as fossil gas. ...

From loggers to forest protectors: agroforestry changed this community in Indonesia

Using agroforestry techniques, the practice has become crucial for biodiversity conservation and local climate resilience. ...

solar irrigation

Solar irrigation: how Indonesian farmers resist drought and save money

At first, Heri Purwanto, the village head of the remote Krincing Village on the island of  Java, knew very little about renewable energy. As he read more about it, though, Purwanto became convinced that it could solve his community’s water ...

cassava

Instant cassava: Targeting Indonesia’s millennials

The culture of consuming leye from cassava as a substitute for rice in Lipursari Village, Leksono District, Wonosobo Regency has been passed on for three generations and it continues to strengthen amid national and global food dominance. ...

Why Indonesians are urged to consume cassava as substitute for rice

The clapboard-walled kitchen in Fitriyah’s (40) house, in Lipursari Village, Central Java, was incredibly noisy that evening. This mother of two children is cooking leye or rice from cassava. After only 30 minutes of steaming, the leye is cooked and ...