#environment and forestry

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Two elephants die of electrocution in Sumatra

Two Sumatran elephants were found dead due to suspected electrocution in East Aceh District of Sumatras Province of ...

Authority foils attempt to smuggle endangered hornbills in Makassar

The Security and Law Enforcement Agency (BPPH) of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry for Sulawesi has foiled an ...

Difficult to predict when Mount Sinabung will stop erupting: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said that it is unpredictable as to when Mount Sinabung in Karo District, North ...

Poaching of sumatran tiger remains rampant

The poaching of Sumatran tigers (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae) on the island of Sumatra for trading remains rampant, ...

Ministry steps up online surveillance to end animal smuggling

To prevent and halt the rampant online trade of animals, the Environment and Forestry Ministry has scaled up efforts ...

No more problem in Jakarta reclamation project : Luhut

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said there is no more problem in the development of ...

Indonesia to receive two Chinese giant pandas next week

Indonesia will receive two seven-year-old giant pandas from China, following the signing of a Memorandum of ...

State budget on climate change increased: Ministry

The Ministry of Finance has increased the state budgets allocation on climate change adaptations and disaster risk ...

2,000ha of educational forest developed for Rafflesia conservation

As many as 2,000 hectares (ha) of educational forest managed by Muhammadiyah University of Bengkulu (UMB) in Central ...

Ministry stops activities of medical waste processing firm

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry has stopped the activities of toxic and hazardous waste (B3) processing ...

Government continues to develop renewable energy-based power plants

The government continues to build power plants in a bid to provide adequate electricity to consumers while avoiding ...

One million hectares of oil palm plantation illegal in Riau

Around one million hectares of oil palm plantations are illegal in Riau, Director General of Ecosystem and Natural ...

Better efforts needed for disaster preparedness and mitigation

Natural disasters that have hit Indonesia up to June 2017 include floods (37.4 percent), whirlwinds (29.2 percent), ...

Appeal to protect Leuser ecosystem

The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (TRHS) is prioritized after UNESCOs World Heritage Committees decision, in ...

Bogor Agricultural Institute establishes forest fire data center

Bogor Institute of Agricultural (IPB) has established the Regional Fire Management Resource Center in the South East ...