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Collection of environment ministry news, found 227 news.

Trash banks produce Rp15.7 billion

The Indonesian Environment Ministry has recorded a turnover of Rp15.7 billion per month from all existing trash banks ...

Malaysian firms suspected to have sent haze home

Tens of companies have allegedly practiced slash-and-burns to open plantations in Sumatra`s Riau, causing forest fires ...

RI, S`pore should not blame each other: Observer

Indonesia and Singapore need to foster solidarity and avoid blaming each other over the haze problem as a result of ...

President orders ministries to put out forest fires

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ordered all ministries and relevant institutions to put out forest fires in Sumatra ...

Singapore expresses concern over Sumatra forest fires

The Singapore government has conveyed its concern over fires in Sumatra that has caused haze in that country, ...

Environmental quality of Ciliwung river needs to be improved

The environmental quality of Ciliwung River, which runs across Jakarta and its surrounding areas, must be improved ...

Trash bank called effective in overcoming nation`s trash problem

The trash bank program is considered an effective concept to overcome trash problems in Indonesia and create a ...

Eco-region management center in Papua

Indonesian Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya is scheduled to inaugurate the Eco-region Management Center (PPE) ...

Ratifying Nagoya Protocol key to curbing genetic biopiracy

Despite being one of the world`s most bio-diverse nations, Indonesia has yet to receive compensation for the ...

Indonesian govt provides protection for steel industry

The government will provide protection for the national steel industry because the price of iron and steel raw ...

Indonesia govt sends back 103 containers containing toxic materials

Some 103 containers bearing scrap identified as a hazardous toxic material (B3) have been sent back to their country ...

Govt returns hazardous and toxic materials to England

Eighty-nine containers of hazardous and toxic materials, which arrived in Tanjung Priok seaport, North Jakarta, from ...

S. Korea to push tourism near tense border with north

Gun-toting soldiers patrol guard posts overlooking North Korean territory beyond a barbed-wire fence. Hundreds of red ...

Turkey vows to strengthen economic ties with Iran

Turkish environment ministry expressed the country`s determination to strengthen its commercial and economic relations ...

Govt to phase out ODS imports until 2040

The government plans to phase out the import of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) used in electronic and household ...