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President inaugurates Indonesian Tree Planting Day/Month

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated the Indonesian Tree Planting Day and the National Tree Planting Month ...

Iindonesia`s forests have passed through critical period

The forests in Indonesia have passed through a critical period when millions of hectares were destroyed per year in ...

Indonesia has succeeded in reducing deforestation: president

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has stated that Indonesia has succeeded in reducing deforestation and the ...

Three centuries on, Jakarta still unable to prevent flooding

Floods have become synonymous with the living experience of people residing in Jakarta. For hundreds of years, dealing ...

Orangutans continue to face extinction in the wild

Increasing deforestation or the conversion of forest land into plantations has taken its toll on the natural habitats ...

President calls on world to end development-environmental myths

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono called on the international community to end the myth that development ...

Greens Distort Indigenous Rights to Block Indonesian Sustainable Development at Rio

-     Pro-development group says that Green anti-business campaigns will chill investment and halt ...

President committed to green economic development

President Susilo Yudhoyono has stated that the government is committed to implementing green economic development to ...

Indonesian environmental damage affects gross domestic product

The continuing environmental pollution and damage in Indonesia is eroding five percent of the country`s gross domestic ...

Seeing REDD: WWF Poses "Direct Threat" to Livelihoods in Tanzania

-     Accusations of Evictions, Destruction of Crops, and Burning Homes Leveled Against ...

RI committed to its role in global development

Indonesia will continue to play its role in global development and in dealing with the threat of climate change, ...

Indonesia govt denies report on increased deforestation rate

The government has declared that a report regarding the country`s loss of almost 5 million hectares of forest and ...

RI loses 4.9 mln ha despite forest moratorium

Indonesia has lost some 4.9 million hectares of its forests and peatlands, it was found during a revision of the ...

WWF Indonesia demands probe into elephant`s death in Aceh

Environment organization WWF Indonesia has urged the concerned authorities to investigate the death of an elephant ...

US helps preserve W. Kalimantan rain forest

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Glenn Anders and West Kalimantan Governor ...