Environment & Natural Disasters

December 2014

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – December 17, 2014

Man: They make a big fuss when there’s a disaster, after that they forget about it

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – December 6, 2014

Kid: Once again... for the sake of humanity, who’s responsible Mr?

Man: The one up there!

November 2014

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – November 11, 2014

Environmental and community activists say that the 32-kilometre long giant sea wall being built off Jakarta’s north coast to protect the capital from flooding by high tides, which will also include a massive land reclamation project and the building of 17 artificial islands, will spell almost certain ecological disaster for Jakarta which is curr

October 2014

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – October 15, 2014

A month after Indonesia ratified the Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution – supposedly a turning point in ending the annual haze problems that create havoc in Indonesia and neighboring Singapore and Malaysia – massive forest fires are again generating thick haze in Riau and other parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan.

September 2014

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – September 20, 2014

Man: Responsibility isn’t just about compensation Mr! (hand reads humanity)

April 2014

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – April 2, 2014

1st Man: Look out, carbon emissions!

2nd Man: Look out, promise emissions!

February 2014

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – February 5, 2014

Water reads: Natural Disasters. Sack reads: Budget.

The Election Supervisory Committee is to summon officials from 10 ministries over allegations of the misuse of social aid funds to assist victims of natural disasters that it believes have been siphoned off for election campaigning.

January 2014

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – January 24, 2014

According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency a total of 5,650 or an average of 514 people per year lost their lives due to disasters such as flooding and landslides from 2003 to 2013.

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas – January 22, 2014

1st Man: He’s coming here to inspect the situation yeah?

2nd Man: No fool, he’s off to a party meeting