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RI's reforestation program to absorb 47.6 bln tons of carbon gases

Indonesia is resuming its reforestation program this year, having set itself the target of planting at least 1.7 ...

World Environment Day focuses on forests

The government organized an Indonesian Environment Week expo in Jakarta June 1-5 to mark World Environment Day (WED) ...

Environment minister launches national ecoregion

Environmental Affairs Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta here Wednesday launched a National Ecoregion which is designed to ...

Minister opens Indonesian environment week 2011

Coordinating Minister for People`s Welfare Agung Laksono officially opened an Indonesian Environment Week 2011 at ...

Singapore monitoring forest fire smoke in Jambi

Singapore continues to monitor smoke from forest fires that often blankets Jambi and its surrounding areas and ...

RI`s peat forests can play important role in climate change

Peat swamp forests in Indonesia consist for 50 percent of tropical peat swamps and 10 percent of dry land, an ...

Minister warns of possible forest fires in June

Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta has warned of possible forest fires in the forthcoming dry season in June ...

Batam, Singapore predicted to be haze-free

Haze from Sumatran forest fires is not likely to reach Batam and Singapore as the winds in the region are ...

RI to ratify Asean Agreement on Trans-boundary Haze Pollution

Indonesia will ratify the Asean Agreement on Trans-boundary Haze Pollution, environment minister deputy for ...

Climate change begins changing food production pattern

Climate change is now no longer a potenial threat to Indonesia`s food production but a phenomenon that has already ...

Govt to emphasize adaptation in dealing with climate change

The Environment Ministry will emphasize adaptation in reducing the impacts of climate change as this measure had often ...