#forest area

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Panther enters residence area in Banten

A female Javanese panther (Panthera pardus melas) that entered the residence area of Baduy in Kanekes village, Lebak ...

President adopts tree in Mount Gede-Pangrango

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono have adopted two species of trees, Rasamala (Altingia ...

Policeman`s body arrives in Palu

The body of one of the three police officers who died during an exchange of gunfire with unidentified people in Poso, ...

Sumatran tiger tresspasses village, preying on cattles in Bengkulu

The conflict between human and Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) recurred in Bengkulu as the critically ...

Indonesia Exceeds Target of Annual One-billion Tree Planting Movement

Thousands of Indonesians - from the President to farmers - throughout the country planted trees to mark the ...

Sumatran tiger poaching remains high

The poaching of Sumatran tiger in Kerinci Seblat National Park, Jambi, remains high as 120 tiger meshes to trap the ...

Indonesian govt to promote Baduy land as culture tourism center

The local government is developing the Baduy Land into a culture tourism site. Baduy is populated by about ...

Plastic waste pollutes mangrove forest in Bali

Tens of tons of plastic waste from the sea have been polluting the mangrove forest area in Ngurah Rai Forest Park, ...

Artificial rains being considered to put out forest fires

Forest fires have hit several provinces in Indonesia over the past few months and produced haze that has had an effect ...

Fishermen plant 25.000 mangrove trees in North Sumatra

The Association of Indonesian Fishermen (KNTI) from Langkat regency in North Sumatra planted 25.000 mangrove trees in ...

Govt to give special treatment to CBM exploring firms

The Forestry Ministry will give a special treatment for the issuance of a license to a company willing to conduct a ...

Indian troops kill 5 militants in Indian controlled Kashmir

At least five militants were killed Thursday in a fierce gunfight in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said. ...

Orangutans Free At Last

In the Indonesian or Malay language, the word "orangutan" literally means "man of the forest", and this is not so ...

BOS Foundation to release 600 orangutans in C Kalimantan

Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation will release 600 orangutans into Central Kalimantan forest in 2012. ...

Minister releases four orangutans in Kalimantan`s forest

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan released four orangutans into the Bukit Batikap protected forest area in Murung Jaya ...