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Environment and Forestry Ministry launches 2020 Climate Festival

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry officially opened the 2020 Climate Festival as part of the endeavors to ...

Indonesia actively partakes in IAEA's plastic waste control program

The Indonesian government is actively partaking in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA's) program ...

Indonesia committed to land rehabilitation and conservation: official

Indonesia has unveiled its commitment to the land rehabilitation and conservation efforts at the G-20's ministerial ...

Two baby Javan rhinos born in Banten's Ujung Kulon National Park: govt

The Indonesian Environment and Forestry Ministry announced the birth of two Javan rhinos (Rhinoceros sondaicus ...

BKSDA confirms another Sumatran tiger killed in Riau, Indonesia

Riau Province's Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) confirmed the accuracy of a photo circulated by a ...

Ministry prepares strict sanctions on slash-and-burn farming

The Agriculture Ministry is considering imposing strict sanctions, in accordance with plantation law number 39 of 2014, ...

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Komodo National Park, Labuan Bajo reopen to domestic tourists, expats

After remaining closed for nearly six months owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the Komodo National Park (TNK) and ...

NTT places annual cap of 50,000 on Komodo Island visitors

To preserve Komodo Island as a conservation area, the number of tourists visiting the Komodo dragon (Varanus ...

Five monkeys ill-treated by owners seized during crackdown

East Jakarta authorities seized five long-tailed macaques, or locally called "kera" (monkey), from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Central Sulawesi to reopen Togean Islands for tourists in August

The Central Sulawesi administration is prepping to reopen Togean Islands National Park located in Tojo Unauna District, ...

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 ...

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COVID-19 adding to challenge posed by forest fires

With Indonesia still in the grip of the coronavirus, which is known to cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), ...