#forestry and environment ministry

Collection of forestry and environment ministry news, found 29 news.

Only Komodo Island to be closed to tourists: governor

Only Komodo Island, part of the Komodo National Park, will be closed to tourists, while other islands in the national ...

Forestry Ministry demands execution of court verdict against MPL

The Forestry and Environment Ministry has demanded payment of Rp16.2 trillion in fine ruled by the Supreme Court ...

Asian Games 2018

Freeing Asian Games from haze pollution

Haze pollution has been one of the most serious problems in countries, including Indonesia, having wide expanses of ...

Asian Games 2018

Riau to prevent forest fires for success of Asian Games

The Government of Riau Province is ready to prevent Land and Forest Fires (Karhutla) for the success of the ...

93 experts to attend Asia Pacific Rainforest Summit in Yogyakarta

As many as 93 forestry and environment experts from various countries will attend the 3rd Asia Pacific Rainforest ...

Ministry to draft regulation on sustainable palm oil

The Economy Coordinating Ministry stated here on Friday that it will draft the Presidential Regulation (Perpres) to ...

Deforestation threatens orangutan population

Environmental crimes such as illegal logging and conversion of rain forests into oil palm plantations are putting ...

President orders for immediate action against forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has passed order for immediate action to prevent forest fires from spreading and ...

NSP found guilty in forest fire, punished with compensation

A Jakarta district court on Friday found PT National Sago Prima (NSP) guilty of forest and bush fires and ordered the ...

RI secures certification for timber exports to Europe

Indonesia, through the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA), has secured the Forestry Law Enforcement Governance and ...

Three orangutans reportedly killed in E Kalimantan`s land fire

Three orangutans were reportedly killed in a land fire near protected forest in Bontang city, East Kalimantan, on ...

Space institute to build observatory in Kupang

The Institute of National Aviation and Space (LAPAN) will build an observatory in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, in 2016, ...

Spending of budget funds in economic sector 34 percent of target

The Finance Ministry said until end of August spending of budget fund was only 34.7 percent of this years target set ...

Indonesia bracing for worse impact of El Nino

The weather phenomenon El Nino has started to take toll in some parts of Indonesia. Harvest failures were ...