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Sumatran tigers on brink of extinction

The Sumatran Tiger (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae) in Bengkulu province is on the brink of extinction due human activities ...

About 35.4 million hectares of forests reserved economic activities

The forestry ministry has reserved about 35.4 million hectares of forests for production forest utilization ...

Police frustrate ebony smuggling attempt

Mamuju police in West Sulawesi province have foiled an attempt to smuggle more than 300 pieces of ebony of an average ...

RI to declare moratorium on forest exploitation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plans to sign a presidential decree on a moratorium on forest exploitation this ...

Japan asks Indonesia to supply plywood for reconstruction

Japan has asked Indonesia to supply 2.2 million sheets of plywood for five months until September for post-tusnami ...

RI, South Pacific nations to boost eco-tourism

In line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Indonesia has offered its expertise in eco-tourism development ...

Minister calls on public to support six priority forestry policies

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan has called on all elements of society to help make the implementation of its main ...

State loses Rp311 tln to Kalimantan resource exploitation

Long ago, the four Indonesian provinces in Kalimantan island whose total land was about 550,000 sq km, were covered ...

Forestry minister pledges pro-people, pro-growth policies

Indonesia has joined the world in celebrating the International Year of Forest 2011 as declared by The United Nations ...

Minister to report abuse of mining licenses to KPK

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said, he would report a number of license abuses committed by mining and plantation ...

Ten villages have no electricity because of forest park

More than ten villages in Batin 24 sub-district, Batanghari district, Jambi, still have no electricity for tens of ...

Palm oil businessmen should not worry about moratorium

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa has asked palm oil businessmen not to worry about a moratorium ...

Redd+ Indonesia website to be launched in April

A website of REDD+ Indonesia, will be officially launched in April 2011, according to the forestry ministry in a press ...

RI`s forestry exports to reach US$9 bln

Indonesia`s forestry exports are estimated to reach US$9 billion this year, up 30 percent from last year`s US$ 7 ...

Legality verification system to protect RI timbers: Minister

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said the Timber Legality Verification System (SVLK) to be soon enacted by timber ...