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Two baby Javan rhinos born in Banten's Ujung Kulon National Park: govt

The Indonesian Environment and Forestry Ministry announced the birth of two Javan rhinos (Rhinoceros sondaicus ...

Ministry prepares strict sanctions on slash-and-burn farming

The Agriculture Ministry is considering imposing strict sanctions, in accordance with plantation law number 39 of 2014, ...

Five monkeys ill-treated by owners seized during crackdown

East Jakarta authorities seized five long-tailed macaques, or locally called "kera" (monkey), from ...

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Forestry partnerships in Jambi help small farmers, resolve conflicts

Many smallholder farmers in Indonesia, who depend on selling fresh oil palm fruit bunches to earn a living, are ...

26 orangutans released into natural habitat in Kalimantan

Twenty six orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) have been released into their natural habitat over the past seven months by ...

Govt prioritizes changing public mindset on reducing land degradation

The government has channeled its efforts to change the public outlook in preventing environmental degradation, ...

Indonesia to optimally utilize Norway's climate fund

The Indonesian government will optimally utilize the climate fund obtained from Norway under a letter of intent (LoI) ...

Three orangutans released into Tanjung Puting National Park

Indonesia's Environment and Forestry Ministry and its partners in Central Kalimantan Province released three ...

Finance Minister suggests imposing Rp30,000 excise on every kg plastic

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati proposed Rp30-thousand excise per kilogram of plastic bag, or Rp200 per piece, ...

Tackling flood, landslide must not inconvenience people: Monardo

Endeavors to tackle the root causes of flooding and landslides in Bogor District and Puncak resort areas, West Java, ...

Deforestation in Aceh may reach 35,000 hectare: Walhi

The deforestation rate in Aceh Province may have reached 35 thousand hectares (ha) in the last three years and will ...

Actress Yuki Kato backs ban on single-use plastic bags in Jakarta

Indonesian actress Yuki Kato welcomes Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's regulation number 142/2019 on banning ...

Indonesia begins to tap carbon trading potential

Indonesia has begun exploring the potential of carbon trading since some 75-80 percent of the global carbon credit is ...

Police arrest five suspects over illegal hunting of Sumatran tiger

A joint team of the police and the Environment and Forestry Ministry has arrested five people over alleged illegal ...

Ministry confiscates 17 containers of illegal timber in Surabaya

The Environment and Forestry Ministry confiscated 205.9 cubic meters of illegal timber stored in 17 shipping containers ...