#environmental affairs and forestry ministry

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Central Sulawesi's forests damaged by illegal logging, mining: ranger

Illegal logging, mining, and encroachment have caused damage to Central Sulawesi's forests, according to Acting ...

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Balancing new capital development with orangutan habitat preservation

The Joko Widodo (Jokowi) administration is accelerating the development of the new capital named Nusantara— an ...

Ministry's team tasked with tackling NTT's sea pollution and damage

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP), East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) government, and the United Nations ...

Indonesia needs medical waste depots at regional level

Local governments need COVID-19 medical waste disposal depots to overcome a lack of access to services for processing ...

Sako Suban villagers oppose coal road inside South Sumatra forest

Villagers of Sako Suban, Musi Banyuasin, South Sumatra, urged the environmental affairs and forestry ministry to review ...

Jakarta air quality in 2020 better than in 2019: ministry

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry has reported that based on monitoring of ambient air quality using the ...

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Komodo National Park, Labuan Bajo reopen to domestic tourists, expats

After remaining closed for nearly six months owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the Komodo National Park (TNK) and ...

NTT places annual cap of 50,000 on Komodo Island visitors

To preserve Komodo Island as a conservation area, the number of tourists visiting the Komodo dragon (Varanus ...

Ministry releases West Kalimantan's 6,901 ha of protected forest area

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry (LHK) Ministry officially issued a decree (SK) on releasing 6,901 hectares of ...

Local community of 10 villages involved in Meru Betiri conservation

The Meru Betiri National Park management in East Java has involved the residents of 10 adjoining villages in its ...

Central Sulawesi to reopen Togean Islands for tourists in August

The Central Sulawesi administration is prepping to reopen Togean Islands National Park located in Tojo Unauna District, ...

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COVID-19 adding to challenge posed by forest fires

With Indonesia still in the grip of the coronavirus, which is known to cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), ...

Ujung Kulon National Park prepares to reopen

The Ujung Kulon National Park (TNUK), which has been categorized as a green zone eco-tourism site, is ready to receive ...

Task force teams deployed in Sumatra, Kalimantan to anticipate fires

Indonesia's Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry (KLHK) has deployed task force teams as a precautionary ...

Six employees of Sebangau National Park succumb to boat accident

The Ministry of Environmental Affairs and Forestry (KLHK) is grieving the loss of six employees of the Sebangau ...