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Police hunting down four suspects in Riau`s land fires

Police are hunting down four people suspected of setting fire to forested land in Riau province. "The four ...

Riau trying to block peatland fires

Four teams of the Riau forest fire and rescue brigade called "Manggala Agni" have been trying to block peatland ...

Ministry to apply blue economy concept in marine conservation areas

Indonesian Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sharif Cicip Sutarjo has said his ministry will apply the blue ...

Indonesia releases more sea turtle hatchlings into sea

Several inhabitants of Sao Village, Mentawai Island, West Sumatra Province, must be overjoyed when they found a 75-kg ...

Bengkulu targets hatching of 1,500 turtle eggs this year

The Bengkulu Nature Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has set a hatching target of 1,500 turtle eggs in two conservation ...

Forest conversion to mining decreases anoa population

The conversion of forest areas has threatened the population of anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) and other endangered ...

Orangutans continue to face extinction in the wild

Increasing deforestation or the conversion of forest land into plantations has taken its toll on the natural habitats ...

Indonesia and US Launch MPAG to Realize the Target of Marine Protected Areas

The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) will continue to protect marine biodiversity through the ...

RI and France Develop INDESO to Manage Indonesian Sea

The Government of Indonesia and France through France Government Agency which operates in development sector ...

RI preparing 20 mln hectares for water conservation

The Indonesian government has set aside 20 million hectares of its waters as a conservation area, a senior official ...

President: 45% of Kalimantan island for biodiversity conservation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a regulation that 45 percent of Kalimantan island must be used for ...

Bali Governor opposed to geothermal project in bedugul - (d)

Bali Governor Made Mangku Pastika said he continued to oppose the idea of allowing a geothermal exploration project in ...

Emerging evidence sheds some light on orangutan killing case

At the beginning, some people considered a report on the slaughtering of Kalimantan (Borneo) orangutan (pongo ...

Unique wild cats found in Riau forests

Five unique species of cats had been discovered in Indonesian Riau`s forests after a recent research by the World ...

Indonesia continues expanding sea conservation areas

Indonesia continues expanding its sea conservation areas to increase water productivity and develop marine potentials ...