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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 ...

Authorities mull curbs on unregulated gold mining in C Sulawesi

The Parigi Moutong district administration disclosed on Friday that it will consult with the Central Sulawesi ...

Two Sumatran tigers frequenting Bengkulu farms: police

Residents of Lubuk Bangko village in Selagan Raya sub-district, Mukomuko district, Bengkulu province have repeatedly ...

House Speaker: Support increased cooperation between Indonesia, Norway

Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Puan Maharani, has said she supports heightened cooperation between ...

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Indonesia enters 2021 with "abnormal" natural disasters

As a country located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is prone to natural disasters such as volcano eruption, ...

Hope Malaysia will join fight against oil palm discrimination: Widodo

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said he is hoping for a commitment from the Malaysian government on ...

COVID crisis a chance to change, prioritize environment: Walhi

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has urged the government to use the COVID-19-induced multi-dimensional ...