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Thousands of hectares of land in S Sumatra to be restored

An area of 400 thousand hectares of land in South Sumatra province is targeted for restoration and revegetation until ...

University of Indonesia successfully creates research innovations on disaster mitigation

The University of Indonesias (UI) teaching staff and students have successfully developed and created several ...

President Jokowi urges Indonesians to maintain harmony

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged the Indonesian people to maintain harmony. "Indonesia is a big country, ...

Natural disasters inflict Rp30 trillion loss per year in Indonesia

Indonesia suffers an average of Rp30 trillion in economic losses per year due to natural disasters, Head of the ...

Five killed in Canada school shooting, suspect in custody

Five people died in a school shooting on Friday in Canadas western Saskatchewan province and two others were seriously ...

Country Garden Unveils ‘Forest City’—Southeast Asia’s Largest Green City Nestled on Island Oases in Iskandar Malaysia

- A joint venture between Hong Kong-listed property developer Country Garden Holdings Co Ltd [“the ...

Asian-African village needs 350 hectare

The Vice Regent of West Bandung, Yayat T Soemitra, said the Asian- African Village, which will be built in the tea ...

Police assure Santoso-led terrorist group receives ISIS fund

The Central Sulawesi Provincial Police gave the assurance on Thursday that the Santoso-led terrorist group in Poso, ...

Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced heavy rainy season

Indonesia was hit hard by the El Nino weather phenomenon last year and has been described by experts as one of the ...

President Jokowi urges governors to allocate budget to prevent forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on provincial governors across Indonesia to allocate budget for implementing ...

Archeologists find Bojonegoro`s stone tombs megalithic in nature

Archaeologists have confirmed that the stone tombs discovered in a teakwood forest in Bojonegoro District, East Java ...

Economy corrected due to smog from forest, land fires: President

President Joko Widodo said here on Monday that Indonesias economy was corrected by 0.2 percent due to smog problems ...

President bans permits for peatland cultivation

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the ban on the issuance of new licenses for cultivation on peatland was intended ...

Indonesia discusses efforts to prevent forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and officers discussed efforts to prevent forest fires in Indonesia in 2016, including ...

Greenpeace hails establishment of Peatland Restoration Agency

Greenpeace has hailed the governments decision to establish a Peatland Restoration Agency and the appointment of ...