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Author(s):  
Ari Nurhayati ◽  

The Covid-19 outbreak has affected changes in various sectors of life. With this change, of course, every organization needs new strategies, scenarios and leadership and management patterns to overcome all the uncertainties that occur in the Covid-19 pandemic. Government agencies are required to adapt according to dynamic conditions, and must be sensitive to the dynamics of changes that occur including how the implementation of work from home is carried out. For this reason, this research was carried out with the aim to find out how the implementation of work from home of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI) institution in the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic. The research approach used in this research is qualitative methods. The data was obtained through interviews, observations and documentation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 100 (12) ◽  
pp. 1344-1349
Author(s):  
Michael Brody ◽  
Simon L. Avaliani

Environmental health risk assessment has a long history in both the United States and Russia. Risk assessment methods have arisen and developed to protect against the dangers of the forced use of tens of thousands of chemicals in the modern world. Because chemicals play such an important role, it is impossible to ban their use altogether, and the task of their safe use becomes more and more critical. With the solution of this problem, the creation of modern environmental legislation began, based on an assessment of the hazard or potential hazard associated with the impact of these substances on humans. Risk assessment has become the scientific basis for calculating exposure limits for many chemicals that pollute the environment. Since compliance with environmental legislation is costly to industry, methods have been developed. They are being improved on to quantify the burden of proof and the appropriateness of environmental quality regulation. Environmental Health Risk Assessment was first developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA). Russia has accumulated a great deal of practical experience in assessing environmental risks and developing appropriate methodological recommendations. Thus, the basis was created for long-term cooperation between the two countries. This article summarizes the history of such collaboration, including a joint project to disseminate practical risk assessment in Ukraine.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-257
Author(s):  
Abdul Rafeeq ◽  
Syed Azhar Ali ◽  
Asad Khan Tanoli ◽  
Naseem Akhter ◽  
Ghulam Raza

The concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Ni, Pb, & Zn were determined in the samples of soil, dismantling dust and rubber collected from the electronic waste dumping site of Shershah market and rubber from the Local market of Karachi city Pakistan. The city e-waste dumping and dismantling sites toxicity were not conducted before using modern techniques. The subsequent data of the heavy metals concentration were obtained using Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Wavelength Dispersive- X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry (WD-XRF). Cu, Pb, and Zn were found as 133.17, 104.53 & 113.26 in soil, whereas in dismantling dust Pb & Zn were remained 10.56 and 12.65 mg/kg similarly. The China toy particle analysis by SEM was resulting metallic trend as Fe > Zn > Pb > Cd > Ni > Cr. The estimated data were compared with the levels allowed by the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The maximum allowable limit for Cd is 3; Cr, Cd, and Pb are 100 for Ni is 50 and 300 mg/kg for Zn. The presence of these heavy metals from e-waste dumping would become soon a significant reason to cause serious health problems for the nearby residents and as well as city too. It has been concluded that the dumping of e-waste is the major source of contamination of heavy metals in the studied media. It is recommended that the e-waste must be recycled formally to prevent the soil from being polluted. .


2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Fahmi Arkanuddin ◽  
Ferdinand D. Saragih ◽  
Bernardus Yuliarto Nugroho

The objective of this research is for describing the key role of financial (FinTech) regulation to manage the risks, keep-up the balance and stability of FinTech ecosystem from the highest impact of risks’ in this industry. FinTech lending has grown rapidly in recent years in many countries and becomes a promising business model in the future, because it is a disruptive innovation to today's financial and banking markets. The rapid development of FinTech lending due to the use of internet-based mobile application platforms, so that it is easily accessible by anyone and anywhere, it encourages an increase in lending to the customers, however credit risk (although absorbed by lenders or investors, still indirectly affects the platform operators), experienced an increase due to non performing loan or NPL. The increase in NPL is an important concern for FinTech lending industry stakeholders, and if it is not addressed it will disrupt the FinTech ecosystem, let alone cause systemic risk, it will be the toughest disturbance in the stability of the FinTech ecosystem, considering that the risk of FinTech lending has a significant influence on the FinTech ecosystem, so that if the level of risk increases, it affects the FinTech ecosystem, this condition requires the key role of financial (FinTech) regulation that can mitigate risk, because financial (FinTech) regulation has a very strong correlation or relationship, so that it can mitigate the risks faced. Another key role of financial (FinTech) regulation is to strengthen the FinTech ecosystem, with new elements needed by the industry and encourage the industry to develop the concept of ecosystem-based risk management in this industry, because it is believed that this concept can mitigate risk as well. Fundamental risks in the FinTech lending industry include: (i) credit risk, (ii) operational risk and (iii) liquidity risk, meanwhile pandemic risk is a new element that is also being investigated, the results of the study show that pandemic risk has a positive correlation with start-up FinTech companies, this means that a pandemic still allows this industry to develop and grow. Financial (FinTech) regulation as a key role is supported by 2 (two) main rules, namely (i) regulatory and (ii) supervisory and 2 (two) complementary provisions to strengthen regulations related to IT process support, namely big data analytics, automation & robotics and FinTech consumer protection agency. The FinTech ecosystem also needs to be strengthened, with new elements needed to exist, such as credit insurance institutions that stand alone and are separated from traditional financial institution element and FinTech consumer protection agency.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
Gomasa Ramesh ◽  

Any mode of transportation that is green and has a low environmental effect is considered sustainable transportation. It’s all about juggling our immediate and longterm interests when it comes to transportation. Rolling, riding, transit, carpooling, car sharing, and electric cars are also examples of urban mobility. Transportation is the single greatest cause of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Everyone can further reduce their adverse consequences by opting for efficient transportation instead of driving a vehicle. Transportation emits around a quarter of all pollution, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The typical automobile emits 4,720 kg of CO2 , 186.6 kilograms of CO, 28 kilograms of VOCs , and 25.6 kilograms of NOx .


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Any mode of transportation that is green and has a low environmental effect is considered sustainable transportation. It’s all about juggling our immediate and longterm interests when it comes to transportation. Rolling, riding, transit, carpooling, car sharing, and electric cars are also examples of urban mobility. Transportation is the single greatest cause of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Everyone can further reduce their adverse consequences by opting for efficient transportation instead of driving a vehicle. Transportation emits around a quarter of all pollution, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The typical automobile emits 4,720 kg of CO2 , 186.6 kilograms of CO, 28 kilograms of VOCs , and 25.6 kilograms of NOx .


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-75
Author(s):  
David Villar Argaiz ◽  
David A Gómez-Beltrán ◽  
Alejandra Cano P.

El conocimiento del destino ambiental y de transporte de los plaguicidas es una parte integral en la caracterización de exposiciones ambientales. Agencias como la Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (27) integran la caracterización de una exposición con efectos ecológicos para determinar los riesgos del uso de pesticidas. Los tres herbicidas más utilizados en Colombia son el glifosato, el propanil y el glufosinato de amonio. Aunque el glifosato se había considerado desde principios de la década de 1970 como un herbicida no perjudicial con el medio ambiente, se ha evidenciado con estudios que comenzaron en la década de 1990 que aplicaciones inadvertidas en humedales pueden ser fatales para las larvas de anfibios. Aunque las formulaciones de glifosato se consideran típicamente de toxicidad moderada (CL50 = 1-10 ppm) para la mayoría de organismos acuáticos, para numerosas especies de anfibios son altamente tóxicas (CL50 ˂ 1 ppm). Esta preocupación se ve agravada por el hecho de que Colombia tiene una diversidad increíblemente alta de anfibios (791 especies). Además, las exposiciones crónicas de algunas especies de anfibios a concentraciones subletales, que son más probables en el medio ambiente, han demostrado causar una disminución de la supervivencia, intersexualidad de las gonadas, daños en las colas, prolongaciones del tiempo para realizar la metamorfosis, y lipidosis hepática. En Colombia, las aplicaciones aéreas de Glyphos-Cosmo-Flux se han utilizado desde 1997 para fumigar los cultivos ilícitos de coca. A partir de 2019, la Lista Roja de la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (UICN) tenía 285 especies de anfibios en Colombia consideradas amenazadas. Encontramos que 132 de las especies de anfibios en peligro (EN) y críticamente amenazadas (CR) estaban presentes en 11 de los 32 departamentos colombianos donde existen más plantaciones ilegales de coca. Por lo tanto, son necesarios estudios para evaluar el impacto del programa de erradicación de coca en la población de anfibios del país. El propanil es el principal herbicida utilizado en los arrozales. A pesar de su rápida degradación ambiental (1 día en condiciones aeróbicas), los estudios sobre el impacto del propanil han encontrado que a las tasas de aplicación proyectadas (4,5 kg/ha), reduce el oxígeno disuelto a niveles críticamente importantes para la supervivencia de los peces en las siguientes 48 horas posteriores a la aplicación. Este efecto se correlaciona con una menor producción de fitoplancton en lugar de una mayor respiración comunitaria a concentraciones muy bajas de 50 ppb o menores de propanil. A pesar de ser leve a moderadamente tóxico en exposiciones agudas, los datos de exposición crónica también muestran que concentraciones de más de 9 ppb afectan el crecimiento, la reproducción y el desarrollo de peces e invertebrados. Con respecto al glufosinato de amonio, aunque es muy probable que contamine las aguas superficiales (por escorrentía) y subterráneas debido a sus propiedades fisicoquímicas, los datos sugieren que es prácticamente no tóxico para las especies acuáticas y terrestres. Los cocientes de riesgo agudo están muy por debajo del nivel de preocupación y, por lo tanto, la EPA determinó que el riesgo agudo para los organismos terrestres y acuáticos no diana es muy bajo.


GESTALT ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-100
Author(s):  
Sigit Firdaus Prayogi ◽  
Yazid Yazid

Urban people who have high mobility are starting to realize the importance of better environmental health by reducing air pollution so that they can reduce high stress levels. Being in the house, does not mean avoiding air pollution. According to the EPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) or environmental protection agency in the United States, indoor air pollution is 2-5 times greater than outdoors. Then came the biophilic trend for urban communities by making their homes a comfortable and healthy place by using live plants as a lifestyle because they nourish the body both physically and psychologically. Limited residential areas such as apartments are starting to become the choice of urban communities because of good security, complete facilities, and easy parking and strategic locations. The problem of small residential land in apartments is a problem for users, so they tend to choose to use multifunctional products. The limited land also makes it difficult for the residents to channel their hobby of maintaining plants and pets, as a means of recreation and entertainment. Researchers try to analyze the need for multifunctional furniture that can channel the hobby of raising animals and plants, namely Smart Aquaponics; by not taking up a large space, having an attractive design and complete with automation features. This smart aquaponics research was conducted for apartment users who need a good living environment but have limited time to maintain it. This study tries to apply an automation system in Smart Aquaponik products that can help apartment residents to be able to have functional furniture that accommodates a biophilic lifestyle.


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (S3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fithriatus Shalihah ◽  
Agusmidah Agusmidah ◽  
Asri Wijayanti

This study aims to determine the application of an integrated service system in several Central Java districts to protect Indonesian workers. This research uses the observational method. This study involved seven districts contributing to Indonesian workers in the province of Central Java. The sample districts include Banyumas, Cilacap, Pati, Kendal, Sragen, Grobogan and Wonosobo. The data were obtained utilizing field observations, interviews, quinones and literature studies, analyzed using the Miles and Huberman models, namely data reduction, data tabulation, data presentation and conclusion drawing. The study results show that the One-Stop Integrated Service also helps reduce Illegal Indonesian Migrant Workers and prevents document falsification. Limited Human Resources (HR) who can act as operator staff at LTSA office outlets are also a factor in the ineffectiveness of the One-Stop Integrated Service. This means that the presence of LTSA in various districts/cities in Central Java can facilitate the role of BP2MI in carrying out its functions. However, it cannot run effectively as a whole.


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