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Sumatran tigers breed well in South Bukit Barisan

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Indonesia said that at least 80 Sumatran Tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) are ...

NGO: €270 million EU-UK 'Green Aid' Program Likely to Destroy Jobs in Developing Countries

-     International anti-poverty group World Growth says a EU-UK aid program to stop so-called ...

Orangutans living outside natural habitat need attention

Orangutans are usually cute, adorable and smart that some people want to keep them as pets. Besides, orangutans and ...

Change in Brazil Credit Legislation Reduced Amazon Deforestation by 15%

- Resolution 3545 prevented over 2700 km2 of forest from being cleared between 2008 and 2011     ...

APEC members discuss forest management amid sustainable economic growth

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation`s Experts Group on Illegal Logging and Associated Trade (EGILAT) has discussed ...

Disaster agency to conduct weather modification for two months

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has stated it will carry out a weather modification project worth Rp13 ...

A lesson from current flooding of Jakarta

Last week`s devastation of Jakarta by floods has rendered the capital city heavy casualties and losses in material. ...

China's graphic paper demand growth expected to remain healthy over next decade

- China will continue to experience healthy graphic (printing, writing, & newsprint) paper demand growth over the ...

Sumatran elephant deaths on the rise

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has reported that an increasing number of Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus ...

Panther enters residence area in Banten

A female Javanese panther (Panthera pardus melas) that entered the residence area of Baduy in Kanekes village, Lebak ...

RI academicians to attend asli conference in India

Two academicians of the Law Faculty of the Lampung University (Unila), Dr Rudy and Dr Tisnanata, will attend the 10th ...

Australian biologist gets the jump on new species of flying frog

An Australian biologist and Vietnamese colleagues have made a surprise discovery - a new species of flying frog ...

Two fugitive terrorists still in Dompu

Chief Police of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Police Brigadier General Mochamad Iriawan has stated that two terrorists, who ...

President adopts tree in Mount Gede-Pangrango

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and First Lady Ani Yudhoyono have adopted two species of trees, Rasamala (Altingia ...

Overcome illegal logging with public-welfare approach

Efforts to overcome illegal logging activites should be made with public-welfare approach, especially for the people ...