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Putting the lid on plastic waste from e-commerce packaging

With Indonesia aiming to be free of plastic waste and implement proper waste management by 2025, several measures have ...

Indonesia, US discuss clean energy cooperation, climate change

Indonesian Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan held a videoconference with US ...

Micro PPKM authorities should consider medical waste management

The COVID-19 Handling Task Force urged to take into account the management of medical waste, including single-use ...

Ministry seeks to strengthen waste management to drive economic growth

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry said it is keen to support the waste management sector and help strengthen the ...

East Nusa Tenggara to host National Nature Conservation Day

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has designated East Nusa Tenggara capital Kupang as host of National Nature ...

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Preserving Indonesia's mangroves crucial for climate change mitigation

Indonesia, which is home to one of the world’s largest mangrove forests, has set a target of rehabilitating 150 ...

Ministry develops additional medical waste treatment facilities

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has built more medical waste treatment facilities in regions, the ministry's ...

Zero-emission vehicles incorporated into blue sky program: ministry

Indonesia's Environment and Forestry Ministry plans to incorporate zero-emission vehicles into the blue sky ...

BKSDA rescues three abandoned orangutans in Sampit, Central Kalimantan

The Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) saved three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) found ...

Police to investigate alleged sale of endangered animals to countries

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police will probe the alleged sale of endangered animals to other nations after a man ...

Minister stresses target of rehabilitating mangrove ecosystem in 2021

Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan drew attention to this year’s ...

Government to reforest 2,000-ha arid and barren land in Bengkulu

The Environment and Forestry Ministry, through the Center for River Basin Area and Protected Forest Management ...

Rp27.58 trillion allocated for infrastructure financing through SBSN

A total of Rp27.58 trillion has been allocated for financing infrastructure projects through State Sharia Securities ...

Realization of SBSN reached 90.96 percent in 2020: Finance Ministry

The realization of State Sharia Securities (SBSN) for project financing throughout 2020 reached 90.96 percent, Director ...

Energy, Mineral Resources Ministry supports endeavors to cut emissions

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Arifin Tasrif expressed his ministry’s readiness to implement the global ...