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BKSDA confirms another Sumatran tiger killed in Riau, Indonesia

Riau Province's Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) confirmed the accuracy of a photo circulated by a ...

Ministry intensifies development in priority tourist destinations

The Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) through the Regional Infrastructure Development Agency (BPIW), ...

W Sumatra's Pieh Island declared sea mammal conservation area

The Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has declared Pieh Island in West Sumatra as a conservation area and migration ...

Marine Affairs Ministry holds tourism management training

The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) organized a training on marine tourism management for the residents ...

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Komodo National Park, Labuan Bajo reopen to domestic tourists, expats

After remaining closed for nearly six months owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the Komodo National Park (TNK) and ...

Central Sulawesi breeds rare, endemic maleo birds to boost population

The Central Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Office (BKSDA) has been breeding maleo birds to boost the ...

Indonesia issues new special series Rp75,000 denomination banknotes

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Central Bank (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo launched new Rp75,000 denomination ...

LIPI develops MACADA application for mangrove ecosystem monitoring

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), through the Research Center for Oceanography (P2O), along with COREMAP-CTI ...

NTT places annual cap of 50,000 on Komodo Island visitors

To preserve Komodo Island as a conservation area, the number of tourists visiting the Komodo dragon (Varanus ...

Riau police arrest two suspects over killing of Sumatran elephant

Two people suspected of killing a Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) in Indragiri Hulu District, Riau ...

Indonesia prepares regulation on renewable energy pricing

The Indonesian Government is preparing a presidential regulation on renewable energy pricing, in a bid to gain ...

Another pilot whale found dead on Liebore Beach, NTT

The lifeless body of another pilot whale was spotted on Liebore Beach, Sabu Raijua, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), in close ...

Government readies compensation scheme to boost geothermal investment

The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has readied a compensation scheme in the form of reimbursement for ...

Pod of 11 pilot whales found beached in Sabu Raijua, NTT

A pod of 11 short-finned pilot whales washed up on the Lie Jaka Beach in Raijua Sub-district of Sabu Raijua District, ...

Ministry releases West Kalimantan's 6,901 ha of protected forest area

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry (LHK) Ministry officially issued a decree (SK) on releasing 6,901 hectares of ...