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Legislators cut salaries to help Banjarnegara landslide victims

A number of leaders and members of the House of Representatives have donated Rp350 million they raised from their ...

Indonesia finalizes forest reference emission levels

The Managing Body for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (BP REDD+) is familiarizing all ...

Environmental NGOs, Businessmen Criticize New Peatland Regulation

- It is crucial that peatlands in Indonesia are protected as they cover some 22 million hectares of land in the ...

Bio Farma receives Best Indonesia Green Award 2014

PT Bio Farma, a state-owned pharmaceutical industry, received the Best Indonesia Green Award 2014 from the La Tofi ...

Papua needs more forest rangers

Indonesias easternmost province of Papua is in need of more rangers to protect the forests from damage and illegal ...

Fishery ministry warns against breeding of foreign fish species

The marine and fishery ministry has warned of extinction of Indonesian endemic fish species with the breeding of ...

Komodo dragon found dead at Surabaya zoo - (d)

A four-year-old male komodo dragon was found dead in its cage at the Surabaya Zoo on Monday morning. The komodo ...

Communal conflicts not affecting plantation development in Papua

Conflicts between two tribal groups in the district of Mimika, Papua, did not hamper development of oil palm ...

Indonesian minister denies having received red report card

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan denied that his ministry had got a red report card from the Presidential Working Unit ...

Former minister questioned by anti-graft agency as witness

Former minister of forestry MS Kaban here, Thursday, was questioned as a witness by the Corruption Eradication ...

Law enforcement strengthened to tackle Sumatran forest fires

Hotspots in forests, plantations and peatland fires, which came early on Sumatra and Kalimantan islands this year, ...

Disaster mitigation agency carries out coordination to tackle haze problem

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has carried out coordination work with several government agencies and ...

KPK seeks overseas travel ban on ex-forestry minister

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has asked immigration authorities to impose an overseas travel ban on ...

Sinabung`s deadly clouds claim 15 lives in a single day

Over 30 thousand people across 34 villages have been displaced since last September 2013, as a result of the sporadic ...

Anggoro Widjojo questioned at KPK upon arrival

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) interrogated Anggoro Widjojo here on Thursday evening upon arrival from ...