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Ministry banks on youth program to restore environment

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry is aiming to encourage greater youth participation in environmental recovery ...

Ministry to rehabilitate Kalimantan's watersheds

Director of Planning and Evaluation of Watershed Control Saparis Soedarjanto confirmed that the Environment and ...

Law enforcement is tool to curbing forest fires: Professor

Law enforcement is one of the potent tools to curb land and forest fires in Indonesia, a professor of forest protection ...

Ministry expects producers to reduce waste 30% by 2030

The Indonesian Environment and Forestry Ministry has expressed the hope that the establishment of the producers’ ...

Some 31 producers submit garbage reduction road map: Ministry

Some 31 producers have until now submitted a 2020-2029 garbage reduction road map planning document to the Environment ...

Comitted to ESG, Pertamina develops climate village

PT Pertamina (Persero) has been implementing four community programs, based on adaptation and mitigation approaches as ...

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), ...

Govt prioritizes changing public mindset on reducing land degradation

The government has channeled its efforts to change the public outlook in preventing environmental degradation, ...