#environmental

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KNPI to host int`l youth forum on climate change

Indonesia`s National Youth Committee (KNPI) is to host an International Youth Forum on Climate Change campaign in ...

Dumai`s Pertamina reprimanded for black smoke from refinery

Dumai`s environment office has reprimanded the local Pertamina management for allowing thick black smoke to be emitted ...

Govt to implement forest conversion moratorium in January

The Forestry Ministry is to implement a 2-year moratorium on the issuance of permits for the conversion of primary and ...

Bali facing environmental problems from rapid tourism development

Bali is facing complicated environmental problems as a result of rapid development of its tourism sector during the ...

Oil palm plantations replace mangrove forests on Sembilan island

Hundreds of hectares of mangrove forests on Sembilan island in Pangkalan Susu district, North Sumatra province, have ...

NTB starts implementing intelligent transportation system

Mataram, NTB (ANTARA News)  - The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) provincial government has started implementing an ...

Bitung may be developed into special economic zone

Head of the Bitung in industrial and trade agency Adri Mewengkeng said here Wednesday that Bitung may become the only ...

Walhi: Environmental damage to increase 50-70 pct in 2011

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) predicts that environmental damage in Indonesia in 2011 will increase ...

S Sumatra govt urged to overcome environmental damage

The South Sumatra branch of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) has urged the local government to ...

Southeast Sulawesi to have seaweed processing plants soon

The Southeast Sulawesi provincial government`s dream to have seaweed processing plants will soon be realized this ...

Indonesian organization to organize int`l youth forum on climate change

2007 Nobel peace prize laureate and former US Vice President Al Gore`s hope on Indonesia to popularize climate change ...

KNPI, ANTARA preparing int`l youth forum on climate change

Indonesia`s National Youth Committee (KNPI) and ANTARA News Agency are discussing preparations for an International ...

RI enters 2011 cautious over natural disasters

Less than a week into the new year of 2011, floods have been reported happening in several cities in Indonesia ...

Govt to emphasize adaptation in dealing with climate change

The Environment Ministry will emphasize adaptation in reducing the impacts of climate change as this measure had often ...

Oil palm, mining wastes biggest polluters in 2010

Wastes from oil palm plantations and mining operations were the greatest polluters of the environmet in 2010, the ...