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Indonesia brings home four smuggled orangutans from Thailand

The Forestry Ministry and the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok have repatriated four Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) ...

Indonesia strengthens controls against illegal activities in Nusantara

Indonesia's Nusantara Capital Authority (OIKN) has pledged to strengthen controls against illegal activities, ...

West Aceh: Police confirm halt to logging activities since December 1

The West Aceh District Police have confirmed that there has been no tree-cutting activity by holders of land use rights ...

Jakarta prunes aging trees to prevent storm hazards

Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung Wibowo has ordered the City Parks and Forests Department to prune aging trees across the ...

Indonesia revokes 22 forest permits covering over 1 million hectares

Government has revoked some 22 forest use permits covering a total area of 1,012,016 hectare nationanwide, Forestry ...

Need additional forest rangers to prevent illegal logging: Minister

President Prabowo Subianto ordered the addition of forest rangers (Polhut) to strengthen supervision and prevent ...

Sumatra floods: Prabowo orders total audit of Toba Pulp Lestari

President Prabowo Subianto ordered the Ministry of Forestry to carry out a comprehensive audit and evaluation of the ...

Lilin Nusantara praises police response to Sumatra flood probe

Civil society group Lingkar Linguistik Nusantara (Lilin Nusantara) said Wednesday the Indonesian National Police have ...

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Sumatran elephants, human bear heavy toll of devastating floods

Environmental degradation should be treated as a serious priority by the government, as poorly managed land use, ...

RI Govt plans major land-use revisions in flood-hit Sumatra

Indonesia’s Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning Nusron Wahid said on Monday that the land-use plans ...

Indonesian academic urges tough action on illegal forest mining

An Indonesian academic urged law-enforcement agencies to intensify crackdowns on illegal mining, warning that forest ...

Ministry seals four entities over Sumatra disasters

Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni announced that the ministry has sealed four legal entities suspected of contributing ...

Indonesia to revoke 20 forest permits after deadly Sumatra floods

The Forestry Minister, Raja Juli Antoni, stated that the Forestry Ministry will revoke 20 Forest Utilization Business ...

Banten races to restore 200,000 hectares of critical forests

The Banten Environment and Forestry Office (DLH) reported 200,000 hectares of critical forest area, mainly in Lebak and ...

Indonesia probes companies behind logs that worsened Sumatra floods

The Forestry Ministry is still investigating the origin and status of the logs swept away by the floods, where it has ...