#forest destruction

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Indonesian academic urges tough action on illegal forest mining

An Indonesian academic urged law-enforcement agencies to intensify crackdowns on illegal mining, warning that forest ...

Ministry seals four entities over Sumatra disasters

Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni announced that the ministry has sealed four legal entities suspected of contributing ...

Indonesia shuts down massive illegal logging operation in Mentawai

The Indonesian authorities have uncovered illegal logging operations in the Mentawai Islands, confiscating 4,610.16 ...

Indonesia publishes FLEGT study to support legal timber trade

The Indonesian government has published a study on the implementation of forest law enforcement, governance, and trade ...

RI ministry to initiate mangrove planting drive in Tanjung Kelayang

The Fisheries and Marine Resources Ministry will initiate a drive to plant 1,000 mangrove saplings on the coast of ...

Greenpeace calls for protection of sumatran forest to save tigers

On the eighth day of the Greenpeace "Tiger Eyes" tour, five Greenpeace activists arrived in the area around the ...

Greenpeace launches save tigers` home tour in Sumatra

Greenpeace recently launched a "Save Tigers` Home" Tour in Sumatra with a cultural blessing ceremony from the local ...

More Indonesian bird species nearing extinction

More Indonesian bird species are threatened by extinction due to the loss of their habitat to forest destruction or ...

Moratorium "important political shift" but not enough

Greenpeace Southeast Asia has hailed the recently signed Presidential Instruction on Deforestation Moratorium as "an ...