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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 ...

Failing Climate Negotiations Put Indonesia at Crossroads

-      - NGO says Indonesia should safeguard economic growth now that this week's climate ...

RI delegation to Durban bearing national, global missions

The Indonesian government has sent a large delegation to the United Nations Climate Change Conference being held in ...

Indonesia optimistic to surpass one billion tree target

All regions in Indonesia simultaneously planted thousands of trees to mark Indonesian Tree Planting Day and National ...

Flood inundates over hundred houses in Riau

A flash flood has inundated over a hundred houses at Pawan Village, Rambah sub district, Rokan Hulu (Rohul) District, ...

NGOs present forest destruction evidence to govt

Environmental NGOs consisting of Greenpeace, Walhi, KKI Warsi and WBH here Wednesday (Nov. 23) presented evidence of ...

Tony Blair supports REDD+ program in C. Kalimantan

Former British prime minister Tony Blair visited Central Kalimantan to demonstrate his support for a REDD+ (Reducing ...

news focus: Sumatran tigers need to be protected

It`s tragic that amid a "Save Tigers` Home" tour in Sumatra by an NGO, a Sumatran tiger (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae) was ...

Govt wants RI to become world`s largest wood producer

The government is determined to turn Indonesia into the world`s largest wood producer in the next 25 years without ...