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Bali Governor urged Pelindo III to stop Benoa Bay reclamation

Bali Governor Wayan Koster has urged state-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III to stop reclamation ...

Tesso Nilo's elephants show signs of stress due to forest fire

Mahouts of the elephant Flying Squad at the Tesso Nilo National Park had to evacuate the trained elephants to a safer ...

Individuals who annexed Riau national park land identified

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has identified individuals who allegedly annexed thousands of hectares of land ...

Ministry to release two Sumatran tigers in Riau

The Environment and Forestry Ministry will release two Sumatran tigers into their habitat in Riau Province after it ...

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Komodo Island to be developed into very exclusive tourist attraction

The controversy over Komodo Island has died down after the central government gave the go-ahead for temporarily closing ...

NTT confirms temporary closure of Komodo Island from early 2020

The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Tourism Office has confirmed that Komodo Island, within the area of the Komodo National ...

57 tour package buyers explore tourist sites in Maluku

At least 57 domestic and foreign tour package buyers who attended the 6th Bali and Beyond Travel Fair (BBTF) in Nusa ...

Indonesia's two new biosphere reserves recognized by UNESCO

Indonesia's Tojo Una-Una Togean, Central Sulawesi, and Saleh-Moyo-Tambora (Samota), West Nusa Tenggara, were two ...

West Papua receives award from Conservation International

West Papua Province received the Global Conservation Hero Award from the Conservation International (CI) at the ...

Police thwarts smuggling of Rp30.8 billion worth of lobster seeds

The Jambi Police and Marine and the Fisheries Affairs Ministry have succeeded in thwarting an attempt to smuggle over ...

President inspects location as prospective seat of government

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inspected the Bukit Soeharto area in Kutai Kartanegara district, East Kalimantan ...

Closure of Komodo Island requires comprehensive study

Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat, who has held the position as the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Governor since September 2018, ...

90 percent of orangutans live outside preserved forests: BKSDA

Some 90 percent of the orangutan population are living outside preserved forests and are exposed to conflicts with ...

Govt agrees with plan to close Komodo Island

East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Governor Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat revealed that Environmental Affairs and Forestry (LHK) ...

Batam botanical garden inaugurated

The Batam city government and Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) on Saturday inaugurated the Batam Botanical ...