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Indonesian President chairs meeting on oil and gas draft law

Indonesian President Joko Widodo chaired a limited cabinet meeting here on Wednesday to discuss the draft law on oil ...

UN Environment ready to help finance International Tropical Peatland Center in Bogor

The UN Environment is ready to finance the International Tropical Peatland Center (ITPC) set up in the West Java city ...

UN Environment expects Indonesia`s major role in marine waste prevention

UN Environment`s Regional Director for Asia-Pacific Dechen Tsering expects Indonesia to play a major role in ...

Jabodetabek`s traffic congestion inflicts Rp65 trillion in losses: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stated that traffic congestion in and around Jakarta has inflicted some Rp65 ...

Government to improve social forestry program in 2019

The government will continue to improve the implementation of the social forestry program in 2019 and prepare some 13 ...

Year Ender - Preserving coral reefs means protecting livelihoods in coastal region by Fardah Assegaf

Indonesian waters occupy at least 70 percent of its national territory, and in most parts of the country, there are ...

Pollution, environmental damage pose threat to coastal, ocean ecosystems

Pollution and environmental damage have posed a threat to oceans and coastal regions having rich biological diversity, ...

Indonesia reaffirms commitment to coping with climate change

Indonesia has reaffirmed its important position in coping with the impact of climate change. The Indonesian ...

Tackling plastic waste menace in Indonesia

Indonesia finds itself facing a grim reality, with the recent death of a sperm whale after ingesting almost six ...

News focus - Rising environmental concern over plastic waste polluting Indonesian seas

The carcass of a 9.5-meter-long sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) washed ashore the Kapota isle, Wakatobi District, ...

News Focus - Cleaning up Indonesia`s land and sea by Rahmad Nasution

Plastic waste has, since decades, undoubtedly become a major problem in Indonesia amid the government`s serious ...

News Focus - ITPC expected to promote sustainable peatland ecosystem management by Fardah Assegaf

Peatlands, which are natural areas of the accumulated decayed plant material known as peat, have huge importance as ...

Indonesia uses 9.8 billion plastic bags every year

Indonesia used 9.8 billion plastic bags every year, almost 95 percent of it would end up as waste, Environment and ...

MPR chairman urges communities to emulate heroes

People`s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Zulkifli Hasan invited all sections of society to emulate and carry ...

Indonesian democracy index increases: Witanto

The Indonesian Democracy Index (IDI) has increased during four years of the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla administration, ...