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14 mln ha of river basin areas in critical condition: minister

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya revealed that 14.3 million hectares of river basin areas in Indonesia ...

Pandemic propels Indonesia towards multisectoral reforms: minister

Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan affirmed that the COVID-19 pandemic had ...

Indonesia, Australia cooperate on renewable energy development

Indonesia's Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan and Andrew Forrest, ...

Legislators view palm oil as strategic commodity for national economy

Several members of the House of Representatives (DPR), in their statements received by Antara, opined that the palm oil ...

BKSDA confirms another Sumatran tiger killed in Riau, Indonesia

Riau Province's Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) confirmed the accuracy of a photo circulated by a ...

RI to receive US$103.78-million GCF fund for lowering gas emissions

approved US$103.78 million of funding for Indonesia to acknowledge its achievement, the minister stated here on ...

Ministry prepares strict sanctions on slash-and-burn farming

The Agriculture Ministry is considering imposing strict sanctions, in accordance with plantation law number 39 of 2014, ...

Bali enforces Rp100,000 fine for not wearing face masks outdoors

The Bali governor issued Regulation No. 46 of 2020 that enforces a fine of Rp100 thousand on those not wearing a face ...

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Komodo National Park, Labuan Bajo reopen to domestic tourists, expats

After remaining closed for nearly six months owing to the coronavirus pandemic, the Komodo National Park (TNK) and ...

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 ...

NSLIC/NSELRED facilitates consultations on land conversion, beef stock

National Support for Local Investment Climates/National Support for Enhancing Local and Regional Economic Development ...

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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 ...

Tabanan applies integrated farming concept for ecotourism development

Tabanan District in Bali Province has vowed to boost its ecotourism sector by developing a tourist village based on the ...