#biosphere

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Developing Monkey Island in Kupang into tourism destination

The Kupang district administration in the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara is making every effort to develop ...

Hugua, back as NGO activist again

Hugua is now back to his old passion, becoming an NGO activist, after completing his second term as district head of ...

Jjeju Island: from exiled criminal island to tourism attraction

Travelling to South Korea is considered incomplete without visiting the island, which has become the pride of the ...

Indonesia inaugurates Bromo Edelweiss Garden

The Indonesian Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya, has inaugurated the Edelweiss Education Garden in ...

Blambangan designated as world biosphere reserve by UNESCO

In its 28th session of the Man and the Biosphere Program International Coordinating Council (MAB-ICC) in Lima, Peru, ...

Bird watchers attracted to Lake Tambing

Foreign ecotourists flock to Lake Tambing in Lore Lindu National Park (LLNP), Central Sulawesi, every year to enjoy ...

Maleo lovers help conserve endemic bird`s population

The participation of maleo lovers in conserving the endemic bird in the Indonesian province of Central Sulawesi has ...

Lake Tambing becomes favorite tourist destination

An increasing number of tourists are visiting the Lake Tambing ecotourism destination in Lore Lindu National Park ...

Sail Tomini 2015 expected to boost tourism

Lore Lindu National Park spokesman Achmad Yani expressed optimism that the upcoming Sail Tomini 2015 can increase ...

Material losses inflicted by Riau forest fires reach Rp20 trillion

Material losses inflicted by forest and plantation fires in Riau Province, Sumatra, during February-April 2014, ...

Indonesia encourages tourists to explore eastern destinations

Indonesia is a large archipelago comprising more than 13 thousand islands and extending over 5,120 kilometers from its ...

Task force seizes 450 tons of wood from biosphere reserve

The Riau haze mitigation task force has seized more than 450 tons of illegal wood during a crackdown on encroachers at ...

Task force extinguish fire in Riau

The haze disaster mitigation task force has claimed that they have successfully extinguished 173 hot spots that burned ...

1.6 million liters water dropped over Riau to extinguish fire

Special task force in Riau has dropped 1.6 million liters of water over the area to extinguish forest fires there, ...

Haze disrupts oil palm production in Riau

Haze from the ongoing forest fires in the Riau province had disrupted the harvest of oil palm fruits, a local farmer ...