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Minister calls on regional govts to preserve paddy fields

Agriculture Minister Suswono called on all regional leaders to keep productive rice fields in their respective regions ...

"Mysterious" Sumatran Elephant Deaths Remain Unsolved

Conflicts between Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) and humans have increased over the past few years ...

"Mysterious" Sumatran elephant deaths remain unsolved

Conflicts between Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) and humans have increased over the past few ...

Basic power rate increase intended to reduce subsidy burden

Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said the government`s plan to increase the basic power rate (TDL) in 2012 was ...

Half of RI`s oil palm plantations foreign-owned

The Environmental Forum of Indonesia (WALHI) says fifty-percent of the country`s oil palm plantations are owned by ...

RI hopes ASEAN to share common stand on rice reserves

Indonesia hopes members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will agree on the need to increase rice ...

Forestry minister pledges pro-people, pro-growth policies

Indonesia has joined the world in celebrating the International Year of Forest 2011 as declared by The United Nations ...

RI forests under heavy pressure: NGO

Indonesia`s forests are under heavy pressure due to illegal logging, encroachment and land conversion activities that ...

Ex-vp proposes subsidized fuel price hike

Former vice president Jusuf Kalla has suggested that the government raise the prices of subsidized fuels rather than ...

Forests can`t afford delay in moratorium`s implementation

The government is supposed to impose a moratorium on deforestation starting January 2011, but it has been delayed for ...

Police mobilize two personnel to help flood victims

North Sumatra Police have mobilized personnel to help flood victims in the province, a police spokesman said. ...

Palm oil businessmen should not worry about moratorium

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa has asked palm oil businessmen not to worry about a moratorium ...

Fire destroys score of houses in E Java

Five houses in Bebekan Selatan neighborhood area of Taman subdistrict, Sidoarjo district, East Java,were destroyed by ...

RI energy condition feared to be more critical

Political turmoil in oil producing countries has a potential to make energy condition in Indonesia getting more ...

RI`s peat forests can play important role in climate change

Peat swamp forests in Indonesia consist for 50 percent of tropical peat swamps and 10 percent of dry land, an ...