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AMAN presses for strong public pressure to return indigenous territory

Deputy II Secretary General of the Alliance for Indigenous People of the Archipelago (AMAN) for Advocacy and Politics ...

Minister outlines medical waste management plan amid pandemic

Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Affairs, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, has said immediate efforts will be ...

Environment ministry sees significant improvement in waste management

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has commended the involvement of all parties that has driven ...

Committed to controlling forest fires, government assures investors

The Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment has assured investors of the Indonesian government's ...

Economic growth should be based on building climate resilience: IESR

The Institute for Essential Services Reform (IESR) has assessed that Indonesia's target to lower carbon emissions ...

Optimize state budget to dispose COVID-19 medical waste: President

President Joko Widodo has urged administrators to optimize the available budget for disposing COVID-19 medical ...

59% of Indonesian rivers heavily polluted: Environment Ministry

Fifty-nine percent of the 564 rivers in Indonesia are heavily polluted, according to Luckmi Purwandari, director of ...

Indonesia adopts policies to support circular economy

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has said it has adopted several policies to support a sustainable circular ...

Four social institutions launch pilots to tackle marine debris

Four social institutions have simultaneously launched pilot programs in Indonesia to address the problem of growing ...

NGOs played role in reducing forest fires, deforestation: CIFOR

The government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other stakeholders have helped bring down the incidence of ...

Minister hails US support to Indonesia for zero carbon emissions

Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan welcomed the United States’ support ...

Indonesia needs medical waste depots at regional level

Local governments need COVID-19 medical waste disposal depots to overcome a lack of access to services for processing ...

Enviro Ministry cautions against dumping COVID-19 waste into landfills

Director General of Waste Management from the Environment and Forestry Ministry Rosa Vivien Ratnawati, emphasized that ...

Indonesia, Czech intensify cooperation in environmental protection

Environment and Forestry (LHK) Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar held a bilateral meeting with Czech Minister of the ...

Indonesia remains resolute to realizing SDGs targets amid pandemic

Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto reaffirmed the Indonesian government’s commitment to ...