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West Papua police arrest resident with two protected hawksbill turtles

- lay their eggs in several of the country's coastal areas. The WWF Indonesia further noted that the Indonesian ...

5.3-magnitude earthquake rocks Banda Aceh on Friday night

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake on Friday night jolted Banda Aceh, a city in the northernmost tip of Sumatra Island which ...

BRGM to reforest West Kalimantan's 6,000-hectare mangrove forests

The Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM) plans to reforest six thousand hectares of mangrove forests in five ...

Millions of tree seedlings should be planted on coast: BNPB

National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Head Doni Monardo stressed on the need for planting millions of tree ...

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East Aceh authorities redouble efforts to curb growing drug problem

Over the past two years, East Aceh district of Aceh province has been battling a growing problem of drug trafficking, ...

East Aceh police bolster monitoring of drug trafficking routes

The East Aceh police has stepped up its efforts to monitor several piers and covert routes in the district's ...

Riau Islands: BRGM aims to restore 4,617 ha of mangroves

The Peatland and Mangrove Restoration Board (BRGM) has set a target of rehabilitating 4,617 hectares of mangroves in ...

Indonesia's Aceh Besar District hit by 5.5-magnitude quake

A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck several areas in Aceh Besar District, Aceh Province, on Saturday, at around 8:04 a.m. ...

BNPB issues tropical cyclone warning to provinces

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has appealed to all Indonesian provinces to remain on alert for the ...

OPM is non-existent in Papua following govt's approaches: Papuan

The Free Papua Movement (OPM) ceases to exist owing to the Indonesian government's prosperity-oriented and ...

Pandjaitan and foreign envoys conduct coral reef planting in Bali

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, and several foreign ambassadors ...

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 ...