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President targets 400,000 hectares of peatland restoration in 2017

The government has outlined a target to restore 400,000 hectares of peatland areas in seven provinces in 2017, ...

Yearender - Indonesia records highest number of natural disasters in 2016

Indonesia was battered by 2,342 natural disasters in 2016, the highest in the past 14 years, making it one of the most ...

EARTH WIRE -- Peatland restoration helps prevent forest fires

Set up nearly a year ago, Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has wasted no time in protecting and restoring peatlands ...

Yearender - Indonesia successfully fights forest fires in 2016

Many inhabitants of Riau Province have a fleeting sense of relief since, for the first time in the past 18 years, they ...

EARTH WIRE -- BRG to restore 2.4 million hectares of damaged peat lands

Indonesias Peat Land Restoration Agency (BRG) said it hoped to restore 2.4 million hectares of damaged peat lands ...

Indonesia eyeing Russian amphibious vehicles and helicopters

Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Wahid Supriyadi expressed Indonesian interest in Russian amphibious vehicles and ...

Singapore PM praises Indonesia`s handling of smoke problem

Singapores Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong praised and thanked Indonesia for the handling this year of smoke from ...

EARTH WIRE -- Team of 13 lawyers to help Walhi in SP3 pretrial

Environmentalists of the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi), said they have a team of 13 lawyers to help them in ...

Ratification of Paris Agreement not enough : NGO

The decision of the House of Representatives (DPR) to ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change should be followed ...

Attica Zoological Park inaugurates Sumatran tiger exhibit

The Attica Zoological Park in Athens, Greece, announced the inauguration of its new Sumatran tiger exhibit on October ...

Earth Wire -- Poaching rate of Sumatran tiger remains alarming

The poaching of Sumatran tigers across the island of Sumatra for trading remains at an alarming rate, though the ...

EU calls for implementing Paris Agreement

The European Union (EU) has urged all countries to implement the Paris Agreement generated from the United Nations' ...

Satellites detect 37 hotspots across Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua satellites of NASA detected 37 hotspots in five provinces across Sumatra Island on Sunday. The ...

Indonesian minister advises maintaining vigil in wake of forest fires

Indonesia has continued to remain vigilant against forest fires, although the number of hotspots across the nation has ...

29 hotspots detected across Sumatra island

As many as 29 hotspots were detected across Sumatra Island in the morning of Wednesday. "Three hotspots were ...