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EARTH WIRE -- Peatland restoration helps prevent forest fires

Set up nearly a year ago, Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has wasted no time in protecting and restoring peatlands ...

Yearender - Indonesia successfully fights forest fires in 2016

Many inhabitants of Riau Province have a fleeting sense of relief since, for the first time in the past 18 years, they ...

Yearender - Indonesia`s agriculture has better prospects in 2017

The El Nino weather phenomenon that struck Indonesia in 2015, bringing droughts and wide-spread forest and land fires, ...

EARTH WIRE -- BRG to restore 2.4 million hectares of damaged peat lands

Indonesias Peat Land Restoration Agency (BRG) said it hoped to restore 2.4 million hectares of damaged peat lands ...

Twin bombing outside Istanbul soccer stadium kills 15, wound dozens

Two explosions, one thought to have been a suicide bomb, killed at least 15 people outside a soccer stadium in ...

EARTH WIRE -- Indonesian govt imposes moratorium on land clearing of peatland

Indonesia, through its new government regulation (PP) No. 57/2016 on the revision of PP No. 71/2014 on Peat Ecosystem ...

Indonesia eyeing Russian amphibious vehicles and helicopters

Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Wahid Supriyadi expressed Indonesian interest in Russian amphibious vehicles and ...

Australia, Indonesia help farmers to overcome climate change

Australia is working together with Indonesian forestry and agriculture industries to prevent forest and peat fires as ...

Singapore PM praises Indonesia`s handling of smoke problem

Singapores Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong praised and thanked Indonesia for the handling this year of smoke from ...

Anti-Trump protest leaders say preparing for long fight

The protests in major U.S. cities against Republican Donald Trumps surprise presidential election victory have been ...

EARTH WIRE -- Team of 13 lawyers to help Walhi in SP3 pretrial

Environmentalists of the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi), said they have a team of 13 lawyers to help them in ...

Ratification of Paris Agreement not enough : NGO

The decision of the House of Representatives (DPR) to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change should be followed ...

Russian investor to build fish processing plants in Indonesia

A Russian investor, Blackspace, will invest in the construction of cold storage facilities, ice factories and fishery ...

VP urges environment forestry ministry to familiarize people with peatland restoration

Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla has instructed the Environment and Forestry Ministry to familiarize all sections ...

Attica Zoological Park inaugurates Sumatran tiger exhibit

The Attica Zoological Park in Athens, Greece, announced the inauguration of its new Sumatran tiger exhibit on October ...