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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 ...

Government Policies Responsible for Half of the Reduction in Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

-     Approximately half of the deforestation that was avoided in the Brazilian Amazon during ...

British Secretary of State on visit to Indonesia

UK Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell of the Department for International Development (DFID) is visiting Indonesia ...

Government to support the Earth`s friend school

The Earth`s Friend School (EFS) or "Sekolah Sobat Bumi" Program initiated by Indonesian Oil Mining Company (Pertamina) ...

Jakarta to issue improved moratorium map

The Chair of Indonesia`s REDD+ task force said that the Ministry of Forestry will this week release an updated ...

Year-ender: Deforestation Moratorium, REDD+ Decrees In Place For Forests Preservation

Hosting the world's third largest forest area, Indonesia badly needs a legal basis to  protect and preserve its ...