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Australian conservation science expert visits Indonesia

Australian conservation science expert Professor Hugh Possingham visits Indonesia to give a lecture on Business of ...

Solo meeting prelude to Rio +20 confab

The summit on sustainable development (HLD IFSD), otherwise also known as the "Solo Meeting," is being held in ...

Minister lays cornerstone for construction of Marine Conservation School

Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fade Muhammad laid the first cornerstone for the construction of a School for ...

Some 2,500 people join tour of 1,000 bikers in Wakatobi

Some 2,500 domestic and foreign participants joined a Tour of 1,000 Bikers organized to highlight the launch of Sail ...

Minister Launches Sail Wakatobi Belitong 2011

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono here on Saturday launched Sail Wakatobi-Belitong (SWB) ...

Wakatobi Poised To Celebrate Int`l Sail Event

Wakatobi is expected to have a festive atmosphere as 1,000 bikers will tour the district and thousands of local people ...

NGOs call for review of existing forest clearance permits

A coalition of Indonesian civil society organizations for forest protection here Thursday challenged President Susilo ...

New mouse in the house: Brazil unveils species

A new species of mouse has been discovered in Brazil, the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation ...

Pope deplores food commodities speculation

Pope Benedict XVI on Friday denounced commodities market speculation and called for international action to ensure ...

Unique cultural attractions to enliven Sail Wakatobi 2011

Sail Wakatobi-Belitung 2011 is less than two months away while unique cultural attractions have been prepared to ...

RI encourages ASEAN members to ratify Nagoya Protocol

Indonesia as the current chair of ASEAN is encouraging other Southeast Asian nations to ratify the Nagoya Protocol on ...

LIPI finds hundreds of new microbes

The biotechnological research center of the Indonesian Council of Sciences (LIPI) found hundreds of new microbes in 13 ...

Forest Eleven Countries Acknowledge Communities` Role In Conservation

Forest Eleven (F-11) member countries possessing tropical forests have reaffirmed the importance of the communities` ...

RI continues stressing need to conserve APEC`S marine resources

Indonesia is at APEC forums to continue stressing the need to conserve the region`s marine resources to ensure its ...

World Environment Day focuses on forests

The government organized an Indonesian Environment Week expo in Jakarta June 1-5 to mark World Environment Day (WED) ...