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Environment ministry intensifies land and forest fire control

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) and related stakeholders are working together to intensify patrols to ...

Vice President Kalla bestows 2019 Kalpataru Awards on 11 figures

Vice President Jusuf Kalla bestowed the 2019 Kalpataru awards on individuals, groups, and representatives of local ...

Minister echoes government's actions to control air pollution

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya spoke at length on the government's steps to curb air pollution ...

New capital will not damage Kalimantan forest: Government

The government has assured that the transfer of the capital city to Kalimantan will not damage its preserved forest, ...

GGPR study assists Indonesia's green growth: Environment Minister

The study and recommendations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) through its Green ...

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Indonesia takes firm stand on saying no to foreign rubbish

Over the past few months, Indonesia has repeatedly shown its objection toward becoming a dumping ground for foreign ...

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Indonesia makes serious effort to tackle forest fires

Indonesia is bracing for devastating and frequent forest fires, following the recurrence of bush and forest fires in ...

Clean air experienced only 34 days a year in Jakarta

Greenpeace Indonesia stated that Jakarta capital city had "good" air quality for only 34 days in a year, ...

South Kalimantan piloted watershed rehabilitation

South Kalimantan could be an example of the implementation of a national watershed rehabilitation program, the Ministry ...

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Awaiting Indonesia's concrete efforts to fight marine debris

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his counterparts from Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, the ...

Government promotes planting of more Macadamia trees

The government has encouraged the planting of more Macadamia trees based on their benefits of rehabilitating forest ...

Indonesia, Australia intensify bilateral cooperation before COP25

Indonesia and Australia increased bilateral cooperation on environment and climate change before the 2019 UN Climate ...

Riau Fire Free Village program covers 600,000 hectares

The Fire Free Village Program (FFVP) that has been running for the past five years in Riau Province has reached five ...

Riau's land, forest fires covered 3,147 hectares in Jan-June 2019

Land and forest fires in Riau Province during the period from January to June covered an area of 3,147 hectares, ...

Batam city government bans use of imported plastic waste

The Batam city government barred imported plastic waste used as raw materials for industries in the coastal city owing ...