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Riau Islands encouraged to offer longer travel packages

Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy, Sandiaga Uno, has urged the Riau Islands provincial administration to ...

Conservation zones can be tweaked to serve national strategy: ministry

Core zones in conservation areas can be changed to serve national strategic interests only if the changes take ...

Indonesian students in US hold virtual competition to raise funds

The Midwest chapter of the Indonesian Student Association in the United States of America (PERMIAS) held a fundraiser ...

Papua provincial govt urged to allocate endowment fund for education

The Indonesian finance ministry has urged the Papua provincial government to allocate an endowment fund to finance ...

Conserve mangroves in tsunami-prone villages, minister

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, has urged regional governments to ...

Riau's BPBD stations 6,000 personnel to prevent, handle forest fires

The Regional Disaster Mitigation Office (BPBD) of Riau Province, in collaboration with other related offices, stationed ...

Fires scorch 248 ha of land, forests in Riau

Fires have laid to waste 248.95 hectares of land and forests in Riau province since early this year, chief of the Riau ...

26 hotspots detected in North Sumatra: BMKG

Twenty-six hotspots have been detected in several parts of North Sumatra province by Sensor Modis NOAA20, the ...

Two earthquakes rattle Papua's Jayapura district

Two earthquakes rocked northwest of Jayapura District in the Indonesian province of Papua on Wednesday but they did not ...

Fires destroy 55 hectares of land, forests in Riau

Fires gutted 55.71 hectares of land and forests in Riau province between January 1 and February 13, 2021. During the ...

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Preserving Indonesia's mangroves crucial for climate change mitigation

Indonesia, which is home to one of the world’s largest mangrove forests, has set a target of rehabilitating 150 ...

SAR team deploys 62 vessels in SJ 182 search operation

A joint search and rescue (SAR) team deployed 62 vessels to retrieve human remains, cockpit voice recorder (CVR), and ...

Waropen District in Papua hit by 5.7-magnitude earthquake

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rocked southeast of Waropen District in Papua Province on early Wednesday, though it did not ...

Whale shark rescued from Kendari City's river

Southeast Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) members and the local fishermen’s community on ...

Economic potential of RI's marine sector reaches US$1.33 trillion

The economic potential of Indonesia's marine sector can reach US$1.33 trillion, according to the Ministry of ...