#forest encroachment

Collection of forest encroachment news, found 31 news.

Preparing Lake Sentani as future water source for Papua

Lake Sentani, as the largest lake in Papua, is projected to become a future source of raw water, especially in Jayapura ...

Preserving a balance between development and biodiversity in Nusantara

One of the main pillars of the development concept of Indonesia's new capital Nusantara is harmony between ...

Bengkulu govt to distribute 1,000 LPG cylinders for free

The provincial government of Bengkulu is currently preparing to distribute as many as 1 thousand free liquefied ...

Regional govt should report companies suspected of destroying forests

The Environment and Forestry Ministry urged governments in regions, particularly Bengkulu Province, to report to the ...

Bengkulu increases patrol to prevent forest encroachment

The Bengkulu Provincial Environment and Forestry Office along with the police and a number of local environmental ...

Shortage of rangers to guard West Papua's 8.39-million ha forests

West Papua needs more forest rangers due to its expansive forest area, reaching 8.39 million hectares, while currently, ...

Indonesia successfully curbed land, forest fires during 2020-2022

Indonesia succeeded in reducing land and forest fires as well as tackling cross-border haze in the past three years, ...

Climate change, hydrological disasters pose ecological threats

World Environment Day on June 5th was themed "One Earth for the Future" while serving as an idea to ...

Developing Bowosie Forest into an ecotourism destination

The government has continued to develop Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai district, East Nusa Tenggara, as a priority tourism ...

Forest, land fires remain a big concern: ministry

Potential land and forest fires remain a huge concern from the environmental and forestry perspective, director general ...

Saving the world's oxygen source from fading away

The Kerinci Seblat National Park, spanning across four provinces in Sumatra and totaling up to 1.3 hectares, now ...

Maninjau forest's 426 ha encroached for conversion into plantations

Some 426 hectares (ha) of the Maninjau Nature Reserve Forest area in Lubukbasung Sub-district, Agam District, West ...

Sako Suban villagers oppose coal road inside South Sumatra forest

Villagers of Sako Suban, Musi Banyuasin, South Sumatra, urged the environmental affairs and forestry ministry to review ...

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Conserving North Maluku's maritime treasures

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic country in the world, with its 17,508 islands spread over an area of nearly two ...

Authorities mull curbs on unregulated gold mining in C Sulawesi

The Parigi Moutong district administration disclosed on Friday that it will consult with the Central Sulawesi ...