#environment and forestry

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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 ...

Bali declared to be regional capacity center to improve environment

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya has declared Bali to become a regional capacity center for environmental ...

Gunung Sari emerges as role model of agrotourism village

Administratively set as a definitive village on December 15, 1992, Gunung Sari transformed significantly and was ...

Indonesia to re-export illegal plastic waste

Indonesia will re-export illegal plastic waste entering the country, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya ...

Minister has waste regulation revised to avoid illegal imports

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya has asked the Minister of Trade to revise Trade Ministerial ...

News Feature

Jumping to the rescue of the proboscis monkey

Amalia Rezeki, a lecturer at the Faculty of Biology Education, University of Lambung Mangkurat, was never one for ...

NTT government, Undana to conduct research on komodo habitat

The East Nusa Tenggara provincial government is cooperating with Kupang-based Nusa Cendana University (Undana) in ...

Government discusses plan to move capital

The Indonesian government discussed a plan to move capital of the country from Jakarta to other provinces on ...

Jokowi consents to shut down Komodo Island: spokesman

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed approval to the East Nusa Tenggara governor's suggestion to ...

Indonesia, America combat marine plastic waste

U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Joseph R. Donovan Jr., Senior Advisor to the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs ...

Forest patrol continues in anticipation of Ell Nino-induced fires

The Environment and Forestry Ministry's Post Command for Forest Fire Control has continued its routine and ...

Ministry urged to soon transfer management of Komodo National Park

The local government of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) has called on the Environment and Forestry Ministry to hand over the ...

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Protecting Orangutans in natural habitat deemed crucial

- as well as three females -- Borneos mother Buntok (12), Paijah (15), and Danida (13). All six of the orangutan ...