Cover Story

Bali’s Mangrove Forests

Indonesia, as a tropical island nation, has around 17,500 islands with a coastline totaling 81,000 kilometers – a distance equal to twice the circumference of the earth. With this extensive coastline, Indonesia has the world's greatest mangrove forests: 4.5 million hectares, or a quarter of the world's total. Bali alone has 2,215 hectares of mangrove forests in various places, and one of the largest is in the Tanjung Benoa area...more

Features
- Taman Nasional Wakatobi
  
  Berupaya Demi Penghidupan Masa Depan
  
  Ditetapkan sebagai taman nasional pada 1996 oleh Departemen Kehutanan ketika masih menjadi bagian Kabupaten Buton, nasib Wakatobi, yang merupakan gugusan dari empat pulau besar—Wangi-Wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia dan Binongko—sama seperti taman nasional-taman nasional lainnya di Indonesia. Di samping sebagai tumpuan hidup masyarakat di sekitarnya, ia juga diandalkan oleh berbagai sektor penting. Dilihat dari wilayahnya yang merupakan 97% laut, sektor perikanan dan kelautan adalah yang paling utama setelah pariwisata...more
- Off-The-Beaten Track
  
  As Time Goes By
  
  The morning was still misty as the fishing boats returned from sea to the estuary of the Serang River, heading toward the fish market at Karangantu Harbor, two hundred meters upstream. The fish market, already busy at this early hour, was directly across from the simple two-story wooden house where we had spent the night. The river seemed quite narrow; it's only about 20 meters wide, and small boats were lined up along both shores...more
- Destinations
  
  Semarang nan Cemerlang
  
  Solo, Yogyakarta, Candi Borobudur dan Candi Prambanan. Keempat lokasi tersebut berada di Jawa Tengah dan merupakan sasaran-sasaran utama (dan tradisionil) para wisatawan domestik maupun mancanegara. Semarang (dengan Kota Lama-nya), Ambarawa, dan Gedong Songo juga berlokasi di propinsi yang sama, namun amat jarang wisatawan berwawasan konvensional dengan sengaja—dan secara terencana—menyisihkan waktu untuk mengunjungi tempat-tempat tersebut...more
Departments
- Photo Gallery
  
  Sigit Pramono - Banker and Image Maker
  
  Through his remarkable body of work Sigit Pramono, a top national banker, has proven that while no direct connection exists between banking and photography, both are able to complement each other to strike a perfect balance between one's career and one's passion for arts...more
- Seni Budaya
  
  Lukisan Video
  
  Filippo Sciascia, seniman yang lahir pada 1972 di Palma, Montechiaro, Itali, memang terbilang unik. Menyajikan karya-karyanya sebagai sebuah representasi keniscayaan zaman digital global, ia bisa dikatakan mewakili seorang pekerja seni sekaligus pemukim global. Berdarah Itali namun memilih bekerja dan tinggal di Bali tanpa sama sekali memakai ikon-ikon pulau itu sebagai ungkapan ekspresinya, ia tergugah membawa pesan-pesan seni yang universal tanpa mengenal limitasi kultural...more
- Julia’s Essay
  
  When Size Really Does Matter
  
  No, it's not what you're thinking! It's the economy I'm talking about, specifically micro, small and medium-size enterprises, or MSMEs. Yep, that's right, all those little people who make our streets swarm with activity: from the street vendors that pass my house every day with their symphony of sounds - 'klink-klink-klink' (drinks), 'tok-tok-tok' (meat ball noodles), 'rotiiii-rotiii' (bread), 'yuuur, sayuuur' (vegetables), 'buuuur ayam' (chicken porridge) - to tradesmen with tiny workshops squeezed between the road and the gutter...more