#environmental protection

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Indonesia mining export regulation for environmental protection

Indonesia`s decision to tighten the export of its mining products does not go against the World Trade Organization ...

Elevance Renewable Sciences Named Recipient of EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Award

-     Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc., a producer of high-performance renewable specialty ...

Greenpeace lauds Indonesia`s commitment to emissions reduction

Greenpeace has praised Indonesia`s commitment to environmental issues, including the country`s plans to reduce ...

Buddhist Leader Highlights Need for Education, Empowerment in Advance of Rio+20 Meeting

-     Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist association, issued ...

RI files official response to EPA over oil palm ruling

Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan said he has officially responded to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)`s ...

Hundred containers of hazardous materials enter Indonesia

Hundreds of containers of toxic waste have entered Indonesia, according to Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya. ...

World Environment Day to focus on Green Economy

Indonesia, along with the entire world, will observe World Environment Day (WED), which has been commemorated every ...

Ministry to increase funds for environmental campaign in 2013

The environmental affairs ministry will increase the allocation of special funds for a national environmental campaign ...

Regional environmental security conference being held in Jakarta

Military representatives from 13 countries are attending the Southeast Asian Regional Environmental Security ...

news focus: RI smells business competition behind EPA`s CPO ruling

Indonesia as one of the world`s largest oil palm producers is quite often boycotted under the pretext that its oil ...

RI preparing letter to respond to EPA`s CPO ruling

The agriculture ministry is currently preparing a letter to the United States to respond to the US Environmental ...

RI protests US draft policy on palm oil

Indonesia and Malaysia have launched a strong protest against a clause in the US government`s draft policy on ...

RI ready to reply US EPA`s notification on CPO

The Indonesian government is ready to reply the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)`s notification on its crude ...

Taiwan ranked 29th in global environmental performance

Taiwan was ranked 29th among 132 countries in a recent report on environmental performance published by renowned U.S. ...

RI, China agree to enrich strategic partnership in maritime cooperation

The Indonesian and Chinese governments agreed to promote and enrich strategic partnership in the Sixth Meeting of ...