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Japanese PM urges hard efforts to fight bird flu

Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday urged cabinet ministers to devote every effort to fight the avian flu as a fresh ...

VP Boediono to form team to supervise tin mining in Babel

Vice President Boediono has decided to form a team of a number of ministers and governor to supervise tin mining ...

RI, US to combat illegal logging

Indonesia and the United States have agreed to combat illegal logging by providing more complete equipment in ...

Asean forestry cooperation meeting held in Jakarta

The importance of integrating socio-economic aspects in sustainable forest management was discussed at a meeting for ...

Govt Yet To Approve Seblat Elephant Preserve

The Forestry Ministry has not yet approved a proposal to raise the status of the Seblat limited production forest ...

Govt to exempt 30 types of products from import duties

The government is planning to exempt 30 types of products from import duties as part of efforts to preserve national ...

BPK to synergize data with ministries

The State Audit Agency (BPK) is to substantiate audit effectiveness by establishing synergy with all ministries and ...

Pulp, paper industry attracts US$16 bln investment

The pulp and paper industry in Indonesia has developed vastly and attracted an investment worth US$16 billion, ...

Govt hopes Mandala case not to spread to Merpati

The government hopes the suspension of Mandala Airlines operations would not spread to Merpati, the state-owned ...

Govt to implement forest conversion moratorium in January

The Forestry Ministry is to implement a 2-year moratorium on the issuance of permits for the conversion of primary and ...

Oil palm plantations replace mangrove forests on Sembilan island

Hundreds of hectares of mangrove forests on Sembilan island in Pangkalan Susu district, North Sumatra province, have ...

Wild elephants in Bengkulu remain in Danger

Bengkulu province in Sumatra island still had about 100 - 165 elephants but the population of those animals was ...

Swedish envoy to visit Lombok Timur

Swedish Ambassador to Indonesia Ms. Ewa Ulrika Polano is scheduled to be in Lombok Timur district, West Nusa Tenggara ...

Forestry ministry earmarking Rp2.5 trillion for priority programs

The Forestry Ministry is earmarking Rp 2.5 trillion of its 2011 proposed project budget of Rp6.0 trillion for priority ...

Foreign students undertake journalism, development studies in Jakarta

A group of students from Australian and New Zealand universities are participating in separate Journalism Professional ...