#conservation

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Indonesia should emulate Brazil in preserving natural forests : Obssrver

Indonesia should consider emulating Brazil in preserving the natural environment, its natural forests in particular, a ...

Deforestation, plantations limit Sumatran elephants` habitat in Bengkulu

Sumatran elephants living in Seblat Conservation and Limited Production Forests (HPT) in North Bengkulu district are ...

Govt Yet To Approve Seblat Elephant Preserve

The Forestry Ministry has not yet approved a proposal to raise the status of the Seblat limited production forest ...

Lao foreign minister visits Borobudur

Lao foreign minister Thongloun Sisoulith visited Borobudur Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, on Tuesday to ...

Illegal logging widespread in Enggano

Illegal logging in Enggano Island, Bengkulu regency, Bengkulu province, had been increasing and threatened the forests ...

S Sumatra govt urged to overcome environmental damage

The South Sumatra branch of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) has urged the local government to ...

RI`s 112 bird species threatened by shrinking habitats

Out Of a total of 1,594 bird species existing in Indonesia, 112 are on the brink of extinction and included in the ...

Task force chief: only few aware of REDD

Chief of the REDD Plus Task Force Kuntoro Mangkusubroto has said only few people were aware of REDD (Reducing Emission ...

REDD implementation challenged by industry lobbyists

The implementation of REDD Plus (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) has often faced ...

Wild elephants in Bengkulu remain in Danger

Bengkulu province in Sumatra island still had about 100 - 165 elephants but the population of those animals was ...

Ministry to focus on minapolitan project

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry is to focus on development of Minapolitan areas (fisheries cities) in 41 ...

Forestry ministry earmarking Rp2.5 trillion for priority programs

The Forestry Ministry is earmarking Rp 2.5 trillion of its 2011 proposed project budget of Rp6.0 trillion for priority ...

Freeport in forefront in releasing pig-nose turtles

PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) engaged in tin, gold and silver mining operations in Mimika regency, Papua province, is ...