#deforestation

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People must be sensitized to importance of trees

The National Tree Planting Day commemoration in Indonesia, to be held November 28, 2015, is considered an important ...

Govt to use REDD+ funds to restore peat lands

Vice President Jusuf Kalla said here on Wednesday that the government would use funds from the Reduction of Emissions ...

President Jokowi raises issue of forest fires at Brookings

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) raised the issue of forest fires during his policy speech at the Brookings ...

Orangutans need immediate protection

The world celebrated International Orangutan Day on August 19 to recognize the great ape and to help encourage the ...

Forest Preservation Crucial for Survival of Orang Rimba

Forest and Sumatras Orang Rimba tribe are inseparable, and they could not survive without each other. For the ...

Forest preservation, Orang Rimba survival should happen simultaneously: Solberg

The preservation of Jambi forest should go hand in hand with the survival of the Orang Jambi tribal community, ...

Indonesian social workers should be certified to meet foreign demand

Indonesian social workers should be certified to meet the demands of the wide open international market, Minister of ...

President discusses water resources law

President Joko Widodo chaired a limited cabinet meeting to discuss the cancellation of Law No.7/2014 on Water ...

PT Rimba Raya Conservation Dedicated to Recovering the Forest Conservation in Indonesia

- At the time when the condition of Indonesian forest hits the alerting level caused by the overexploitation committed ...

President to review licenses of companies converting peatlands

President Joko Widodo has said he will review the licenses of companies that have converted peatlands into monoculture ...

Indonesia finalizes forest reference emission levels

The Managing Body for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (BP REDD+) is familiarizing all ...

US agency releases documentary on environmental issues in Sumatra

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) released a documentary film titled "Voices of Sumatra: ...

From Southeast Asia to the World

Following on the co-production memorandum signed between distribution specialist Hub Media Group and media financing ...

REDD+ expected to preserve forests, empower local coomunities

To address the challenge of climate change, Indonesia has been implementing the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ...

Leading Int`l Positions Waiting For Yudhoyono

Last year, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was considering opening a fried rice restaurant or becoming a chili ...