#environmental sustainability

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RI needs 30 years to become green again

Indonesia will be green again in 30 years if all parties work hard in terms of greening efforts, Forestry Minister ...

Australia supports RI focus on achieving MDGs

With three years until the world needs to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the Indonesian Government, ...

Indonesia supports forestry programs: president

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Indonesia has a program and willingness to manage forests as well as economic ...

ASEAN presents environmentally sustainable city awards

The ASEAN Environment Ministers presented the Second ASEAN Environmentally Sustainable Cities (ESC) Award to recognise ...

Indonesia needs to increase food production

Indonesia should increase food production in a bid to maintain its food security. Food security can be defined ...

Public-private partnership offers solution to food security, malnutrition

At least two projects involving the public-private sector partnership have been highlighted at the World Economic ...

RI to convey message of collaboration to WEFEA

The Indonesian delegation to the World Economic Forum-East Asia (WEFEA) to be held here on June 12-13 will convey a ...

RI strives to reduce maternal mortality rate

As a country with the highest maternal mortality rate in Southeast Asia, Indonesia has been struggling to save more ...

Canton Fair: China's Greatest Trade Fair to Open in April

-     The 109th Session Canton Fair will officially commence on April 15. The session will run in 3 ...

RI`s peat forests can play important role in climate change

Peat swamp forests in Indonesia consist for 50 percent of tropical peat swamps and 10 percent of dry land, an ...

ContourGlobal Awarded Power Portfolio Deal of the Year From Euromoney's Project Finance

-     Carbon Capture QuadGeneration Projects provide highly efficient energy and capture 95% of CO2 ...

Minister supports "Kaltim Green" Policy

Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said he fully supported the East Kalimantan provincial government`s "Kaltim ...

Time running out for tackling climate change : UN chief

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed that the world is running out of time in tackling the ...