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RI`s forest cutting moratorium begins gaining int`l acclaim

The recently introduced moratorium on forest conversions has begun winning international acclaim with Norway ...

Norway hails RI`s moratorium on forest clearing

Norway`s Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim has hailed the signing of a ...

RI`s natural forests can serve as biodiversity barn

Indonesia`s natural forests serve as a biodiversity barn that can be used as a source of food and medicine for more ...

Moratorium "important political shift" but not enough

Greenpeace Southeast Asia has hailed the recently signed Presidential Instruction on Deforestation Moratorium as "an ...

Billions of trees to be planted across Indonesia

Realizing that tree-planting can make a valuable contribution to the fight against global warming, the Forestry ...

Long-awaited decree on deforestation moratorium draws mixed responses from NGOs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally signed the long-awaited Presidential Instruction on deforestation ...

Four kinds of exceptions to apply in forest clearing moratorium

The government is to make four kinds of exceptions in the implementation of Presidential Instruction No. 10/2011 on ...

President issues regulation on underground mining

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a presidential regulation (Perpres) No. 28/2011 on the Use of Protected ...

Presidential regulation on forest clearing moratorium signed

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has already signed a presidential regulation that imposes a moratorium on forest ...

Paramitra conserves eight tropical pitcher plants in W Kalimantan

PT Paramitra Internusa Pratama, a subsidiary of the oil palm plantation Sinar Mas Group, has been conserving at least ...

Forests, coral reefs in Sulawesi, Maluku, Papua damaged the worst

Data from the Eco-region Management Center of Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua, show that forests and coral reefs in the ...

Aceh elementary schoolers campaign on global warming issues

Hundreds of elementary school students in Aceh Besar district campaigned on global warming and climate change issues ...

Elephant habitat in Bengkulu shrinking

The habitat of wild elephants in Bengkulu province is shrinking because encroachments into limited production forests ...

Chavez says capitalism may have destroyed life on Mars

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said life probably existed on the Red Planet, but was destroyed by capitalism and ...

Cirebon district to rehabilitate community forests

The Cirebon district administration is to rehabilitate 200 hectares of community forest area and green 175 hectares ...