#environmental affairs and forestry

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

Establishment of Indonesia`s Peatland Restoration Agency lauded

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) installed Nazir Foead, former conservation director at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), ...

President Jokowi open to inputs on high-speed railway project

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is open to any inputs from various parties regarding the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed ...

Peatland Restoration Agency established to prevent forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), under Presidential Regulation No. 1 of 2016, dated January 6, 2016, has established a ...

Vice president chairs meeting on peatland

Vice President Jusuf M. Kalla chaired a meeting on peatland management at his residence here on Thursday. The ...

Environmental issues should become topic of election campaign: VP

Environmental issues should be raised during campaign activities in the run up to the simultaneous regional head ...

People must be sensitized to importance of trees

The National Tree Planting Day commemoration in Indonesia, to be held November 28, 2015, is considered an important ...

President Jokowi lauds reclamation work on Musi River in S. Sumatra

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has lauded the reclamation work on Musi River in South Sumatra Province and the ...

Haze-chocked Inhabitants of C Kalimantan Cry for Help

The thick hazardous haze shrouding Central Kalimantan over the past two months has become so unbearable that many ...

Government shares responsibility to prevent forest fires

The Indonesian government will share responsibility with local administration and companies to prevent forest fires ...

President orders relocation of Sinabung victims before 2015 end

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed that efforts to relocate the victims of the Mount Sinabung volcanic ...

President orders improvement of national parks: Minister

Environmental Affairs and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya has said that President Joko Widodo asked her to improve the ...

21 hotspots detected in W. Kalimantan

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has detected some 21 hotspots in West Kalimantan Province ...

Indonesia ministry handling 27 cases of wildlife-related crimes

The Indonesia environmental affairs and forestry ministry is handling 27 cases of protected wildlife-related crimes, ...

Six hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

Six hotspots indicating forest and plantation fires were detected on Sumatra Island, according to the Pekanbaru ...

Forest Preservation Crucial for Survival of Orang Rimba

Forest and Sumatras Orang Rimba tribe are inseparable, and they could not survive without each other. For the ...