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Indonesia plans to cut emissions by 29% by 2030

Indonesia plans to cut emissions by 29 percent by 2030, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya, stated on ...

President Jokowi holds welcoming ceremony for Norwegian PM

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) welcomed the Royal of Norwegian prime minister Erna Solberg in a state ...

934,000 hectares of forest in Jambi in critical condition

Around 44.31 percent or 934,000 hectares of forest lands in the province of Jambi are in critical condition, a ...

REDD+ expected to preserve forests, empower local coomunities

To address the challenge of climate change, Indonesia has been implementing the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ...

Aceh custom council launches Sharia-based management forest book

Aceh Custom Council (MAA) is launching a forest management handbook based on sharia and customary law compiled by ...

Tourism industry protests threefold increase in Mt. Bromo`s entrance fees

East Javas tourism society and industry on Monday staged a protest in front of the Mount Bromo Tengger Semeru National ...

Historical year for Indonesia`s forest protection

During the past one year, the Indonesian government has made several historic policies and breakthroughs for the ...

RI promotes use of renewable energy for transportation

Indonesia has begun to develop and encourage the use of biofuel for transportation, including aviation, in an effort ...

Indonesia-EU Forestry Agreement Breakthrough In Fight Against Illegal Timber Trade

The long-waited Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade - Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) was finally ...

Efforts to include cpo and rubber on APEC list fail

Indonesia's efforts to include crude palm oil (CPO) and rubber on the Environmental Goods List (EG List) of the ...

Forest protection responsibility of all parties

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said the protection of tropical forests in Indonesia was the responsibility of ...

RI forest moratorium overlapping

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in May 2013 extended the country`s forest moratorium but it was ...

Moratorium Extension Needed For Better Forest Governance

A tag of war between environmental groups and forest industrialists have resumed as Indonesia`s regulation on a ...

Extending Forest Moratorium Means Extending Life

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally on May 13, 2013 signed Presidential Instruction No. 6/2013 on Suspension of ...

Indonesia urged to extend, strengthen moratorium on deforestation

A number of non-governmental organizations have urged the Indonesian government to extend two-year moratorium on ...