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Sumatran tiger in Aceh found safe but in weak condition

A Sumatran tiger (Pantera Tigris Sumatrae) was found safe but in weak condition after it got trapped in a wild boar ...

Indonesia urges EU to accord fair treatment to palm oil

Arguing against the phasing out of palm oil, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi urged the European Union (EU) to give fair ...

Seven illegal gold miners apprehended in crackdown in West Aceh

The West Aceh police cracked down on seven traditional gold miners and shut down two illegal gold mining pits in the ...

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Turning things around in the climate negotiation room

- held in Glasgow, United Kingdom in November 2021 -- must be able to carry out what is known as the best alternative ...

Minister highlights carbon storage potential of Indonesian forests

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan acknowledged endeavors to preserve ...

A handler deployed to repel tigers from a village in South Aceh

The South Aceh district government has sent a tiger handler named Teungku Syarwani Sabil (83) to help handle conflicts ...

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 ...

RI to receive US$103.78-million GCF fund for lowering gas emissions

approved US$103.78 million of funding for Indonesia to acknowledge its achievement, the minister stated here on ...

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 ...

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Forestry partnerships in Jambi help small farmers, resolve conflicts

Many smallholder farmers in Indonesia, who depend on selling fresh oil palm fruit bunches to earn a living, are ...

Tabanan applies integrated farming concept for ecotourism development

Tabanan District in Bali Province has vowed to boost its ecotourism sector by developing a tourist village based on the ...

Local community of 10 villages involved in Meru Betiri conservation

The Meru Betiri National Park management in East Java has involved the residents of 10 adjoining villages in its ...

Mangrove forests to hereafter not be converted into ponds: Minister

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Eddhy Prabowo has made assurance that mangrove forests would henceforth not be ...

Jokowi reminds aides of carbon emission reduction target in 2020

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has jogged his aides’ memory on Indonesia's target to lower greenhouse gas ...

Norway to pay Rp812 billion for gas emission reduction in Indonesia

The Government of Norway will for the first time pay up to Rp812.86 billion or 530 million NOK to Indonesia ...