Delivered in a presentation meeting by Hosnul Wahid at Ijen-Geopark Bondowoso office. Roughly 30 million years ago, deep beneath what is now East Java, the earth began to move.The tectonic plates — those massive slabs…
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Understanding Ijen Geopark: The Earth’s Story (Part 1)
Delivered in a presentation meeting by Hosnul Wahid at Ijen-Geopark Bondowoso office. “What is a Geopark?” A Geopark is a kind of geographical model — an area based on its geological characteristics. It can stand…
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Ijen Plateau: the Largest Caldera in Java
At the eastern tip of Java – Indonesia, a large caldera region stretching from the catastrophic eruption of an old giant volcano during the Pleistocene geological period, making it the largest caldera in Java with…
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Jampit: the Estate Remote Coffee Plantation
n the Ijen Plateau, there are two plantations managed by PT Perkebunan Nusantara XII — Kalisat Jampit Plantation and Blawan Plantation. Both estates are well known for cultivating Arabica coffee. The Arabica coffee from the…
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