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Task force deploy 558 personnel to hunt down forest encroachers

The Riau Haze Emergency Task Force has deployed 558 personnel to hunt down forest encroachers and arsonists that ...

Haze reduces visibility in Pekanbaru to 50 to 70 meters

Haze from forest and plantation fires reduced the visibility in Pekanbaru to around 50 and 70 meters on Sunday. ...

Racing against time to save Riau`s biosphere reserve from fires

Sumatras Riau Province is badly hit by forest and plantations fires, and the largest number of the hotspots detected ...

Fires scorch 6,000 hectares of land, forests in Riau

Six thousand hectares of land and forests were destroyed by fire in Riau province, according to a disaster mitigation ...

More tourists visit Komodo National Park in 2013

The town of Labuan Bajo, the entry point to Komodo island, in East Nusa Tenggara, has seen a steady influx of domestic ...

UNESCO to add new sites to world heritage list

World Heritage Committee will meet this month in Cambodia to consider adding 32 more sites onto UNESCO`s World ...

Wakatobi to develop its capital "green" city

The Wakatobi Administration of South East Sulawesi is to develop its Capital, Wangiwangi, a "green" city as the ...

Maldives to Become World's Largest Marine Reserve

-     President Waheed has today announced that the whole of the Maldives will become a marine ...

UNESCO declares Wakatobi world biosphere reserve

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has declared the Wakatobi Marine ...

S. Korea to push tourism near tense border with north

Gun-toting soldiers patrol guard posts overlooking North Korean territory beyond a barbed-wire fence. Hundreds of red ...

Past Year Marked By Intense RI-UNESCO Engagement

The year 2011 has been quite special for Indonesia and UNESCO as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono spoke at a UNESCO ...

Indonesia hails provisional inclusion of komodo in new7wonders

After high-profile efforts to mobilize the Indonesian people`s support and despite a controversy over its ...

Campaign on komodo unites Indonesian people

The komodo dragon, the world`s last remaining prehistoric giant lizard, is to be found only in Komodo National Park, ...

Number of tourists visiting Komodo Island up

The number of foreign tourists visiting Komodo National Park has increased since Komodo became a finalist in the ...

Biosphere reserves should improve local people`s livelihoods

Besides protecting the ecology and biodiversity, the existence of biosphere reserves in Indonesia should also improve ...