Bali’s provincial government is set to designate Benoa Bay as a maritime conservation site soon, but, with several other massive infrastructure projects also planned in the southern part of the island, activists are urging officials to also consider stopping those that might also pose a threat to the environment, just as the Benoa Bay reclamation project did before politicians recently agreed to withdraw it.

An elderly Australian tourist reportedly died in a motorbike accident yesterday afternoon in Buleleng regency after a speeding truck crashed into his vehicle. 

The tourist, identified as Peter Zipser, 69, was riding his motorbike with his wife during the incident.

A 69-year-old Austrian national died in a motorbike accident yesterday afternoon in Buleleng regency after a speeding truck crashed into his vehicle. 

The police said that the foreigner, identified as Peter Zipser, was about to make a right turn and slowed his motorbike down and gave a signal when the truck hit his vehicle.

Yesterday, the Denpasar Court sentenced a Russian national, Andrei Zhestkov, to one year in prison for having attempted to smuggle a drugged orangutan out of Indonesia. 

“The defendant is guilty of violating Article 40 and Article 21 in the 1990 Law on Conservation,” said Bambang Eka Putra, who heads the panel of judges, as quoted by Kumparan.

Indonesia’s Supreme Court (MA) has rejected a lawsuit filed by the Indonesia Plastic Recycling Association (ADUPI) against the Bali Provincial Government over the latter’s policy aimed at reducing the island’s plastic waste.