#forest encroachment

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Crushing illegal miners for saving Indonesia's environment

The Banten Provincial Police have made sustained efforts to curtail illegal gold mining activities, including by ...

Banten police shut down 10 illegal gold-mining pits in TNGHS

The Banten Provincial Police has made sustained efforts to curtail illegal gold mining activities, including by ...

Bintan police curb illegal sand mining sites

The Bintan District police have curbed all illegal sand mining sites in Galang Batang and Malang Rapat areas of Gunung ...

Banten collaborates closely with police to curb illegal gold mining

Banten Governor Wahidin Halim affirmed that his team will work closely with the Banten Police to clamp down on illegal ...

Jokowi instructs local authority to halt illegal mining in Banten

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed the local authority to put a halt to illegal gold mining that has fueled ...

Journalists should highlight Cycloop protection through their works

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through its flagship forestry project Lestari, urged ...

Military forces secure Tesso Nilo National Park

Joint army personnel from the 04/Pangkalan Kuras district military command in Pelalawan, Sumatras province of Riau, ...

Sumatra elephants` habitat continues to shrink: NGO

The habitat of Sumatra elephants (Elephas Maximus Sumatranus), which continues to shrink, has sparked more conflict ...

Orangutans habitat displaced by oil palm expansion, says official

The massive expansion of oil palm plantations in Central Kalimantan has led to increased environmental damages and ...

Indonesia`s forest governance needs reform

The management of Indonesia`s remaining 120 million hectares of forests needs reform, owing to the fact that there are ...

Walhi: 46 pct of river basins in Aceh damaged

The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has said that 46 percent of the river basins in Aceh province have ...

RI govt earmarks Rp93 bln to revitalize Lake Limboto

The central government has earmarked Rp93 billion in funds to revitalize Lake Limboto, the biggest lake in Gorontalo ...

Unique wild cats found in Riau forests

Five unique species of cats had been discovered in Indonesian Riau`s forests after a recent research by the World ...

Minister to report abuse of mining licenses to KPK

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said, he would report a number of license abuses committed by mining and plantation ...

Up to 50 percent of Central Bangka forests destroyed

Up to 50 percent of forest areas in Central Bangka district in Bangka province has been destroyed due to acute ...