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Peat forest fires obstructing carbon emission cutting efforts

The ongoing peat forest fires on Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands may cause Indonesia to miss its carbon emission ...

RI forestry ministry to plant 1.7 bln trees this year

The Forestry Ministry has set itself the target of planting more than 1.7 billion trees across the country this year ...

RI's reforestation program to absorb 47.6 bln tons of carbon gases

Indonesia is resuming its reforestation program this year, having set itself the target of planting at least 1.7 ...

RI to convey message of collaboration to WEFEA

The Indonesian delegation to the World Economic Forum-East Asia (WEFEA) to be held here on June 12-13 will convey a ...

Forest Eleven Countries Acknowledge Communities` Role In Conservation

Forest Eleven (F-11) member countries possessing tropical forests have reaffirmed the importance of the communities` ...

Bali will have world`s highest power tower

State electricity company PT PLN planned to erect a 376 meters power transmission tower, to be the highest in the ...

NU leader questions NATO's double standard

An Islamic leader has questioned the North Atlantic Treaty Organization`s (NATO) double standard in their actions they ...

President asks governors to suspend issuance of new forestry permits

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday asked governors, district heads and mayors not to issue new permits to ...

World Environment Day focuses on forests

The government organized an Indonesian Environment Week expo in Jakarta June 1-5 to mark World Environment Day (WED) ...

KNPI calls for public resolve to preserve environment

The National Committee for Indonesian Youths (KNPI) said a tree-planting and garbage-removal movement is not a mere ...

W Sumatera govt urged to act against illegal loggers

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has renewed its call for the West Sumatra provincial government to ...

Greenomics questions moratorium map`s accuracy

Greenomics Indonesia has questioned the accuracy of the Indicative Map attached in the Presidential Instruction No. ...

RI Establishes Parks To Mark Biodiversity Day

Environmental Affairs Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta has inaugurated several biodiversity parks to mark International ...

Germany assists RI in forest, climate change program

Germany has committed to assisting the Indonesian government in the Forest and Climate Change program (ForClime). ...

Kalimantan center of world`s flora

Kalimantan Island (Borneo) is one of the world`s flora center because the diversity of trees in a small plot of land ...