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NGOs played role in reducing forest fires, deforestation: CIFOR

The government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other stakeholders have helped bring down the incidence of ...

EU to support Indonesia's sustainable palm oil push: Czech Republic

Czech Environment Minister Richard Brabec has assured that the European Union (EU), under the presidency of the Czech ...

Govt, private sector, universities collaborate against climate change

Chairman of the Research Center for Climate Change, University of Indonesia (UI), Prof. Jatna Supriatna, stressed on ...

Climate change impact as devastating as COVID-19 pandemic: minister

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati cautioned that the impact of climate change would be huge, akin to the COVID-19 ...

EU should end discriminatory measures against Indonesia's palm oil

Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi earnestly appealed to the European Union (EU) to avoid discriminating against ...

179 bird species facing extinction in Indonesia: conservation agency

 At least 179 species of birds in Indonesia are under the threat of extinction, according to flora and fauna ...

Two wild tiger traps installed in West Sumatra's Tigo Balai village

The Agam Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has installed two wild tiger cage traps in areas where several ...

Jeneponto should strive to become quality agriculture center: minister

Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo has encouraged Jeneponto Regency in South Sulawesi Province to become a center ...

3 Sumatran tigers repeatedly sighted in West Sumatra's Kota Rantang

Three wild Sumatran tigers have repeatedly trespassed into the farmland of Kota Rantang Village in Palupuah ...

West Aceh readies 5,120 hectares of farmland for food estate program

The Aceh Besar district government is working alongside the SieBreuh Makmue Beusama cooperative unit to develop a food ...

Health Ministry encourages practice of hand washing with soap

The Health Ministry has encouraged the practice of washing hands with soap (CTPS) as an important requisite for the ...

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Food estate projects must not contribute to deforestation: experts

The Indonesian government last year started developing a food estate project in Pulang Pisau district, Central ...

West Sulawesi targets exporting 42,500 tons palm oil in 2021

West Sulawesi Province has outlined a target to export 42.5 thousand tons of palm oil valued at Rp535.8 billion in ...

Govt-stakeholder partnership targets rejuvenating palm oil plantations

The government has inked a partnership agreement with stakeholders in the palm oil industry to achieve the target to ...

Environmental NGO JPIK cautions Indonesia of ongoing deforestation

Independent Forestry Monitoring Network (JPIK) cautioned the government and relevant parties of ongoing deforestation ...