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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 ...

BNPB reports 81-percent reduction in forest, land fires in Nov 2020

Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo highlighted that the cases of forest and land fires ...

KLHK seizes 300 kg of illegal deer meat in Labuan Bajo

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has seized 300 kilograms of illegal deer meat packed in seven boxes in ...

Indonesia to ship toxic waste back to four countries

The Indonesian government will ship back 79 containers of industrial raw materials containing toxic and hazardous waste ...

Government pledges to environmental preservation in Job Creation Law

Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto echoed the government’s commitment to protecting the ...

Youth will bear burden of climate change: minister

Deputy Minister of Environment and Forestry, Alue Dohong, has urged the Indonesian youth to join the climate change ...