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Ministry releases West Kalimantan's 6,901 ha of protected forest area

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry (LHK) Ministry officially issued a decree (SK) on releasing 6,901 hectares of ...

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Forestry partnerships in Jambi help small farmers, resolve conflicts

Many smallholder farmers in Indonesia, who depend on selling fresh oil palm fruit bunches to earn a living, are ...

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More armed Papuan rebels declare allegiance to Motherland

More and more armed Papuan rebels have surrendered and declared their allegiance to the Unitary State of the Republic ...

Five investors plan to build Kayan hiydropower plants in N Kalimantan

North Kalimantan Governor Irianto Lambrie has said that five investors plan to build Kayan hydropower plants (PLTA ...

Jambi police arrest two arsonists for torching land for clearance

Police personnel in Tanjab Timur District, Jambi Province, apprehended two local residents for allegedly torching four ...

Local community of 10 villages involved in Meru Betiri conservation

The Meru Betiri National Park management in East Java has involved the residents of 10 adjoining villages in its ...

P&G embraces natural climate solutions to accelerate progress on climate change and will make operations carbon neutral for the decade

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) announced a new commitment to have its global operations be carbon neutral ...

Mangrove forests to hereafter not be converted into ponds: Minister

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Eddhy Prabowo has made assurance that mangrove forests would henceforth not be ...

Police find a hectare of cannabis field in Bandung

The Cimahi District Police found a hectare of cannabis field on Sunday in the forest area of Mount Bukit Tunggul in ...

NLPSF researcher cautiously supports Indonesia's food-estate program

A senior researcher of the Palangka Raya University's Natural Laboratory of Peat Swamp Forest (NLPSF) suggested ...

26 orangutans released into natural habitat in Kalimantan

Twenty six orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) have been released into their natural habitat over the past seven months by ...

Indonesian police continue to clamp down on Papua's liquor producers

Mimika Chapter Ros Namsa Kabes had also urged the Mimika district government and local police to enforce legal ...

Jokowi reminds aides of carbon emission reduction target in 2020

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has jogged his aides’ memory on Indonesia's target to lower greenhouse gas ...

Norway to pay Rp812 billion for gas emission reduction in Indonesia

The Government of Norway will for the first time pay up to Rp812.86 billion or 530 million NOK to Indonesia ...

Indonesia takes precautionary measures against forest fires forecast

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD highlighted the government’s ...