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Sumatran tiger trapped in South Sumatra's Muara Enim District

A Sumatran tiger (Pantera Tigris Sumatrae) got ensnared in a trap recently installed by the South Sumatra Natural ...

BKSDA reports five deaths in Sumatran tiger-human conflicts in 2019

The South Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) confirmed that five people died while 10 others ...

Tackling flood, landslide must not inconvenience people: Monardo

Endeavors to tackle the root causes of flooding and landslides in Bogor District and Puncak resort areas, West Java, ...

Deforestation in Aceh may reach 35,000 hectare: Walhi

The deforestation rate in Aceh Province may have reached 35 thousand hectares (ha) in the last three years and will ...

Actress Yuki Kato backs ban on single-use plastic bags in Jakarta

Indonesian actress Yuki Kato welcomes Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's regulation number 142/2019 on banning ...

Indonesia begins to tap carbon trading potential

Indonesia has begun exploring the potential of carbon trading since some 75-80 percent of the global carbon credit is ...

Police arrest five suspects over illegal hunting of Sumatran tiger

A joint team of the police and the Environment and Forestry Ministry has arrested five people over alleged illegal ...

Ministry confiscates 17 containers of illegal timber in Surabaya

The Environment and Forestry Ministry confiscated 205.9 cubic meters of illegal timber stored in 17 shipping containers ...

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Increasing awareness of environmental preservation among millennials

With Indonesia observing National Flora and Fauna Day on November 5, 2019, the millennial generation has become the ...

Forest degradation threatens existence of endemic flora, fauna: LIPI

Forest degradation owing to wildfires and land conversion has threatened the existence of endemic species of flora and ...

LIPI unveils awareness campaign on biodiversity in industry 4.0 era

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) launched a series of public awareness campaigns on biodiversity ...

Nusantara Biodiversity Expo scheduled in Jakarta on Nov 8-Dec 8

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry will organize the Nusantara Biological Diversity (Biodiversity) Expo at ...

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Greenpeace campaigns on clean energy, alerts Jokowi's cabinet

At least a dozen environmental activists climbed atop the two main monuments in Jakarta on Wednesday, to unfurl a ...

Haze cover over Palembang thickens: Walhi

Haze arising from forest fires and shrouding Palembang, South Sumatra Province, has thickened over the past week, ...

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Taking a cue on new capital city design from Canberra

Indonesia is looking to Australia’s capital Canberra as a reference for its capital city in East Kalimantan, part ...