#environmental affairs and forestry

Collection of environmental affairs and forestry news, found 168 news.

Ramli insists ministers have authority to cancel reclamation project

Certain ministers have the authority to cancel the reclamation project that has violated the existing regulations, ...

23 hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

As many as 23 hotspots, with 50 percent indicating forest and plantation fires, were detected in five provinces across ...

public awareness of wildlife protection

Every effort must be made to raise public awareness of wildlife protection after many large mammals such as Sumatran ...

Moratorium on Jakarta Bay reclamation against law: Expert

The moratorium imposed on the Jakarta Bay reclamation project is against the law because it was equivalent to imposing ...

Moratorium imposed on Jakarta Bay reclamation

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Rizal Ramli announced on April 18 the governments decision to impose ...

Jakarta Bay reclamation project might marginalize urban poor

The Jakarta Bay reclamation project has become controversial after a bribery case concerning the mega project came to ...

Fishermen to celebrate suspension of Jakarta Bay reclamation project

Fishermen will celebrate the decision of temporary suspension of the Jakarta Bay reclamation issued by Maritime ...

Maritime minister calls for stoppage to Jakarta bay reclamation

Maritime Affairs and Fishery Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has called on the Jakarta administration to halt the Jakarta ...

Agency to restore over 800 thousand hectares of peatland areas

Two months after its establishment, the Indonesia Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has claimed that it is now ...

Indonesia empowers communities to prevent forest fires

The traumatic experiences due to forest fires and the consequent haze disaster are still fresh in the minds of ...

Jakarta to regulate use of plastic bags

The Jakarta provincial administration plans to establish a gubernatorial regulation that manages the implementation of ...

Plastic bag charge comes into force in 22 cities simultaneously

From Sunday, February 21, shoppers in 22 cities will have to pay for plastic bags they use to take home their ...

Indonesia environment ministry detects 370-500 hotspots in Papua

Environmental Affairs and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya has said her ministrys team found some 370 to 500 hotspots of ...

High-speed railway project feasible from environmental aspect: Minister

Indonesias Environmental Affairs and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya has said the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway ...

President Jokowi will publicly explain high speed train project

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has promised to publicly explain in detail the Jakarta-Bandung high speed train (HST) ...