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Bali Zoo hosts sumatran tigers

The Bali Zoo on the Indonesian island resort of Bali is currently hosting two sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris ...

Malaysian Prime Minister lauds Indonesia`s efforts in handling haze

Malaysian Prime Minister Mohd Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak has lauded Indonesia`s efforts in handling the haze ...

Indonesia ready for trade war in vegetable oil industry

Indonesia will be ready for a trade war, sparked by European countries, with their negative campaign against palm oil, ...

Indonesia hit by more floods in 2017

At least 640 floods have hit Indonesia so far in 2017 or the most frequent ever with largest loss of lives and missing ...

RAPP must abide by regulations: environment minister

Forestry and Environment Minister Siti Nurbaya expressed regret that the governments efforts to ensure that PT RAPP, ...

Poaching of sumatran tiger remains rampant

The poaching of Sumatran tigers (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae) on the island of Sumatra for trading remains rampant, ...

Hotspots detected across Sumatra Island

Terra and Aqua Satellites have detected 27 hotspots across Sumatra Island, according to the Meteorological, ...

Indonesia assures sustainable palm oil industry development

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs A.M. Fachir stated that the Indonesian government will always ensure that the ...

Indonesian Scout to send humanitarian mission to Rakhine, Myanmar

The Indonesian Scout Movement (Pramuka) will send a humanitarian mission to Rakhine State, Myanmar, to distribute meat ...

BNPB predicts forest fires to increase

Indonesias National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) predicted that forest and land fires would continue to increase ...

Better efforts needed for disaster preparedness and mitigation

Natural disasters that have hit Indonesia up to June 2017 include floods (37.4 percent), whirlwinds (29.2 percent), ...

73 hotspots detected across Sumatra Island

The meteorological, climatology and geophysics agency (BMKG) has detected 73 hotspots in 10 provinces across Sumatra ...

Bogor Agricultural Institute establishes forest fire data center

Bogor Institute of Agricultural (IPB) has established the Regional Fire Management Resource Center in the South East ...

28 hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

The Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected 28 hotspots, indicating forest and ...

Helicopter drops 40 tons of water to extinguish Riau fires

Riau Provinces forest and land fire task force has deployed an MI-8 helicopter to drop 40 tons of water to extinguish ...