#environmental

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Environmentalists blast Taiwan president`s nuclear policy

Local environmentalists on Thursday attacked President Ma Ying-jeou on his nuclear policy, urging the government to ...

Sinar Mas extends Tengkawang planting area in W Kalimantan

Oil palm plantation company Sinar Mas Group has extended its Tengkawang Tungkul (Shorea Macrophylla) planting area in ...

President Yudhoyono supports sustainable palm oil business

Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam said President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) strongly supported sustainable palm oil ...

West Java to observe earth hour

The "Earth Hour" campaign by turning off electricity for an hour on March 26, 2011 throughout West Java, will save a ...

Forests, coral reefs in Sulawesi, Maluku, Papua damaged the worst

Data from the Eco-region Management Center of Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua, show that forests and coral reefs in the ...

Aceh elementary schoolers campaign on global warming issues

Hundreds of elementary school students in Aceh Besar district campaigned on global warming and climate change issues ...

Japanese tourists visiting Indonesia to decrease in next two months

The number of Japanese tourists visiting Indonesia is predicted to decrease over the next two-three months due to the ...

Singapore monitoring forest fire smoke in Jambi

Singapore continues to monitor smoke from forest fires that often blankets Jambi and its surrounding areas and ...

Chikungunya attacks scores of residents

Some 20 Kedawung villagers of Pejagoan sub-district in Kebumen regency, Central Java, had been attacked by ...

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 ...

RI Govt confirms huge iron ore deposit in Kulon Progo

Industry Minister M.S. Hidayat has confirmed the presence of a deposit of 300 million tons of iron ore in Kulon ...

Rafflesia arnoldii blossoms in Bukit Daun forest

One more Rafflesia arnoldii flower has blossomed in the Bukit Daun forest, Tebat Monok village, Tebat Monok sun ...

Three Yogyakarta residents die of leptospirosis

Three residents living in several sub-districts of Yogyakarta had died of leptospirosis from January to the middle of ...

Forty percent of coral reefs in Gorontalo waters damaged

About 40 percent of coral reefs in the Gulf of Tomini in Gorontalo province waters is believed to have been damaged ...

Almost 600,000 evacuated in Japan after quake: UN

About 590,000 people have been evacuated in Japan over the last three days following the devastating earthquake and ...