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Ministry deploys personnel, planes to help extinguish forest fires

The forestry ministry has mobilized personnel and three planes to help extinguish forest fires on Sumatra Island. ...

Peat forest fires obstructing carbon emission cutting efforts

The ongoing peat forest fires on Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands may cause Indonesia to miss its carbon emission ...

RI's reforestation program to absorb 47.6 bln tons of carbon gases

Indonesia is resuming its reforestation program this year, having set itself the target of planting at least 1.7 ...

World Environment Day focuses on forests

The government organized an Indonesian Environment Week expo in Jakarta June 1-5 to mark World Environment Day (WED) ...

Environment minister launches national ecoregion

Environmental Affairs Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta here Wednesday launched a National Ecoregion which is designed to ...

Minister opens Indonesian environment week 2011

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono officially opened an Indonesian Environment Week 2011 at ...

Ruling party fires treasurer to improve image

After several weeks under the spotlight of the public and media reports, the ruling Democrat Party (PD) fired on ...

Tornado Devastates Joplin, Missouri, 116 Dead

A monster tornado killed at least 116 people in Joplin, Missouri when it tore through the heart of the small ...

Democrat party fires its treasurer

The advisory board of the ruling Democrat Party fired its general treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin following negative ...

Pertamina lost US$30 mln by Cilacap tank fires

The losses suffered by state-owned oil and gas firm PT Pertamina in its Central Java`s Cilacap oil tank fires early ...

Singapore halts food importsf from near Japan plant

Singapore has suspended imports of milk products and other foodstuffs from four areas near Japan`s damaged Fukushima ...

RI preparing Rp841.2 trillion to lower emissions

Under a commitment of the government under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to lower emissions in Indonesia by 26 ...

Singapore monitoring forest fire smoke in Jambi

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

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 ...

Western warplanes bomb civilian targets, oil depots in Libya - media

Western warplanes are bombing civilian targets in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, the Libyan Al Jamahiriya satellite TV ...