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Nunukan police confiscate 20 kg meth smuggled from Malaysia

The Nunukan Police in North Kalimantan seized 20 kilograms (kg) of methamphetamine smuggled from Malaysia and took two ...

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Kalimantan forest to remain intact despite capital development

The Joko Widodo (Jokowi) administration has assured that the development of the capital city will not damage the ...

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Relocating Indonesia's capital to Kalimantan, 'the world's lungs'

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on August 16, 2019, officially announced his plan to move Indonesia’s capital city ...

Eight orangutans released in C Kalimantan forest

The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) and Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) ...

Sepandan in Indonesia-Malaysia border area joins village race

Sepandan Village, Batang Lupar District, lying in the Indonesia-Malaysia border area in the Kapuas Hulu District area, ...

Minister Jonan meets KPK's summons for questioning in Riau-1 PLTU

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan answered the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK's) ...

Inaugural ASEAN Tourism Awards Japan presented to excellent tours to the ASEAN member states

- The ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) has awarded eleven tour products in six categories for the trips with destinations to ...

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Protecting Orangutans in natural habitat deemed crucial

- as well as three females -- Borneos mother Buntok (12), Paijah (15), and Danida (13). All six of the orangutan ...

Six orangutans released back into wild

Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation in cooperation with Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation ...

President Jokowi signs decree on national Wayang puppet day

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has signed Presidential Decree No. 30 of 2018 on National Wayang Puppet Day. The ...

Heart of Borneo model of inclusive green development: WWF

The Indonesian representative of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said the area of Heart of Borneo would be a ...

Indonesia committed to protecting seaweed and forest ecosystems

The government of Indonesia said it is committed to recovering balance in seaweed ecosystem and preserving its ...

International organizations help preserve 1.3 million hectares forest in Indonesia

Various international organizations will help Indonesia in conserving 1.3 million hectares of North Kalimantan`s ...

Global warming to see peatlands absorb more carbon in near future: study

Peatlands will store more carbon in the coming years as global warming heightens, but the effect will eventually ...

Six more orangutans set free in forest habitat

The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) has marked the country's 73rd Independence Day commemoration by ...