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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 ...

US journalist promoting Indonesia`s biodiversity conservation

Rhett Butler, a journalist who founded the popular environmental news site mongabay.com, traveled through Indonesia to ...

First US grant for Indonesia's forest conservation signed

US Ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel and the secretary general of Indonesia`s Forestry Ministry Hadi Daryanto have ...

Who needs to buy orangutans?

Orangutans are among the world`s most endangered and protected animal species yet in reality they continue to be the ...

20,000 bees die in Canada

A Canadian museum launched an investigation Friday into the sudden death of 20,000 bees on display in a glass encased ...

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, ...

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 ...

Some 7.27 million hectares of forests in C Kalimantan damaged

About 7.27 million hectares of forests in Central Kalimantan are damaged due to deforestation, a lecturer said here ...