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Tourism Minister highlights significance of applying health protocols

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Wishnutama Kusubandio highlighted the criticality of implementing strict health ...

KKP releases nearly 20,000 baby lobsters in Pariaman

The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP), through its Coast and Sea Resources Management Office in Padang, ...

Cultural board plans ritual to 'repel misfortune' amid coronavirus

The Dayak Cultural Board in Bengkayang District, West Kalimantan, is planning to conduct a ritual known as ...

Government closes 56 conservation areas to contain COVID-19 spread

The government has closed 56 conservation areas for tourists under its endeavor to halt the further spread of the novel ...

Development must curb environmental impacts: BNPB

Every development project must be mapped out to minimize environmental impacts, according to a panel during the ...

Indonesian mangrove cover increased to 3.56 million hectares in 2019

Indonesia’s mangrove forest cover grew to 3.56 million hectares in 2019, Director of Environment and Disaster ...

Indonesia begins to tap carbon trading potential

Indonesia has begun exploring the potential of carbon trading since some 75-80 percent of the global carbon credit is ...

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Saving Julia and Cykita

Three years ago, Julia had just given birth to her baby Cykita, when a team of conservationists in South Kalimantan ...

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Forest fires drive Sumatran tiger from their habitats

Indonesia, home to the Sumatran tiger, joined celebrations on International Tiger Day, observed on July 25, to raise ...

Sumatran tiger preservation to entail adoption of cultural approach

The comprehensive adoption of a cultural approach is deemed necessary to preserve some 600 Sumatran tigers ...

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 ...

WWF uses art approach to protect Sumatran tigers

The global environmental conservation organization WWF-Indonesia has used an art approach to protect Sumatran ...

LIPI inaugurates three professors on oceanography, politics, and conservation

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has inaugurated three research professors who work at the Oceanographic ...

News Focus - maintaining cleanliness of raja ampat waters for sustainable tourism

Jakarta (Antara - One of the most alluring places in Indonesia, Raja Ampat, a slice of paradise in the province of West ...

Sumatran rhino saved from pit trap in E Kalimantan

A female Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) was rescued from a pit trap near Tunuq River basin area in ...