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RI`s natural forests can serve as biodiversity barn

Indonesia`s natural forests serve as a biodiversity barn that can be used as a source of food and medicine for more ...

Moratorium "important political shift" but not enough

Greenpeace Southeast Asia has hailed the recently signed Presidential Instruction on Deforestation Moratorium as "an ...

Long-awaited decree on deforestation moratorium draws mixed responses from NGOs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally signed the long-awaited Presidential Instruction on deforestation ...

RI`s peat forests can play important role in climate change

Peat swamp forests in Indonesia consist for 50 percent of tropical peat swamps and 10 percent of dry land, an ...

Plant genetics key to securing world food supply

Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig told his ministerial counterparts at a ...

Indonesia, Australia Agree to Control Illegal Fishing

Indonesia and Australia have agreed to step up cooperation in patrolling to reduce illegal fishing in the two ...

RI, Australia agree to fight illegal fishing

Indonesia and Australia have agreed to step up cooperation in marine patrols to reduce illegal fishing in their ...

Australian Minister to Visit Indonesia

Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, will visit Indonesia this week for ...

Indonesia to ratify Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources

Indonesia will soon ratify the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources to preserve the biological diversity ...

News Focus : RI`s failure to host global environment day regretted

Indonesia`s failure to be named host of World Environment Day (WED) 2011 is regrettable because the nation has lost a ...

Japan`s Akishino pays visit to Costa Rica

Japan`s Prince Akishino, the second son of Emperor Akihito, met Wednesday with Costa Rica`s President Laura Chinchilla ...

RI tourism needs to be more competitive : UN-WTO

The UN-World Tourism Organization (UN-WTO) is of the opinion that Indonesian tourism should be more competitive than ...

"Sail Wakatobi-belitong 2011" To Expose Ri`s Other Paradises

Many foreign tourists are quite familiar with Bali Island, while Indonesia actually has a few more paradise islands, ...

Boar Hunting Tradition Jambi`s Special Tourist Attraction

Wild boars and rats are annoying pests, destroying hundreds of hectares of rice fields and other crops every year in ...

Sail Wakatobi-Belitong 2011 to expose RI`s other paradises

Many foreign tourists are quite familiar with Bali Island, while Indonesia actually has a few more paradise islands, ...