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Accelerating rescue operations in flood-hit Sentani

Indonesia has been hit by at least two major floods during this current transitional period from the rainy to the dry ...

PMI speeds up disaster mitigation efforts in flood-hit Sentani

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) held a coordinating meeting to discuss efforts to expedite handling of the impacts of ...

EU committed to ensuring sustainability of bioenergy: Ambassador

The European Union (EU) is committed to ensuring the sustainability of bioenergy, and is advancing toward its 2020 and ...

Indonesians need to be aware of importance of protecting forests

Indonesian Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya emphasized the importance of raising people's ...

Papua's government to relocate residents from Cycloop nature reserve

The local government in Papua had been planning to relocate residents who live in the Cycloop nature reserve area in a ...

Six orangutans released back into wild

Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation in cooperation with Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation ...

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Presidential debate lacked environmental focus By Fardah

The second round of presidential election debate, held on Feb 17, 2019, was considered more interesting, but ...

Hoping for environmental solutions offered by presidential candidates

Millions of Indonesian television audience hope that the upcoming second round of presidential election debate will be ...

EU supports Indonesia to realize sustainable palm oil

The European Union (EU) supports Indonesia`s efforts to achieve the target of 100 percent sustainable palm oil by ...

Boycott is not solution to sustainable palm oil

A boycott is not a solution to the issue of sustainable palm oil industry, Secretary of State to the French Minister ...

Indonesia to share best practices at climate change conference

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya has stated that Indonesia would share the best practices in ...

Sintang district encourages palm oil firms to get ISPO certificates

The Sintang District administration, West Kalimantan Province, has encouraged palm oil plantation firms operated in ...

News Focus - efforts underway to save sumatran tigers from extinction by Otniel Tamindael

The Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) of Riau Province on Sumatra Island continues to make every effort to ...

Foreign ministry to organize palm oil course

The Policy Development and Assessment Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will hold the Regular Oil Palm Course ...

RSPO strengthens protection of palm oil workers` rights

The non-profit Association of Palm Oil Industry Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) strengthens protection of ...