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Riau's land, forest fires covered 3,147 hectares in Jan-June 2019

Land and forest fires in Riau Province during the period from January to June covered an area of 3,147 hectares, ...

Batam city government bans use of imported plastic waste

The Batam city government barred imported plastic waste used as raw materials for industries in the coastal city owing ...

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ASEAN Summit good opportunity to put brakes on plastic waste imports

The ASEAN leaders are set to meet in Bangkok, Thailand, from June 22-23, 2019, for the 34th ASEAN Summit, themed ...

Gunung Sari emerges as role model of agrotourism village

Administratively set as a definitive village on December 15, 1992, Gunung Sari transformed significantly and was ...

Indonesia to re-export illegal plastic waste

Indonesia will re-export illegal plastic waste entering the country, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya ...

Indonesia 2045 Vision to facilitate implementation of Paris Accord

Indonesia will create a long-term strategy (LST) to implement the Paris Agreement in line with the Indonesia 2045 ...

Jokowi visits Jayapura to oversee flood-control measures in Sentani

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reached Jayapura District, Papua Province, Monday, at 1:15 p.m. local time, to ...

Forest patrol continues in anticipation of Ell Nino-induced fires

The Environment and Forestry Ministry's Post Command for Forest Fire Control has continued its routine and ...

Ministry urged to soon transfer management of Komodo National Park

The local government of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) has called on the Environment and Forestry Ministry to hand over the ...

NGO urges government to save mangrove forest in Langkat

Indonesia's Environmental Forum (Walhi) in North Sumatra has urged the government to save hundreds of hectares of ...

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Accelerating rescue operations in flood-hit Sentani

Indonesia has been hit by at least two major floods during this current transitional period from the rainy to the dry ...

UN Environment Assembly adopts five resolutions initiated by Indonesia

The Fourth Session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) adopted five resolutions initiated by Indonesia, ...

No illegal logging activity in Sentani area hit by flooding: Enviro Ministry

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry has confirmed there was no illegal logging activity in the Sentani ...

Environment Ministry to send task force to flood-hit Sentani

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry will send a task force to investigate the cause of the flash floods ...

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Prioritizing preventive measures against forest fires

The Indonesian authorities have claimed that te number of forest fires had reduced some 85 percent over the past ...