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Boar Hunting Tradition Jambi`s Special Tourist Attraction

Wild boars and rats are annoying pests, destroying hundreds of hectares of rice fields and other crops every year in ...

RI, US to combat illegal logging

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

Deforestation, plantations limit Sumatran elephants` habitat in Bengkulu

Sumatran elephants living in Seblat Conservation and Limited Production Forests (HPT) in North Bengkulu district are ...

Boar Hunting Tradition Jambi`s Special Tourist Attraction

Wild boars and rats are annoying pests, destroying hundreds of hectares of rice fields and other crops every year in ...

Boar hunting tradition in Jambi unique

Wild boar hunting tradition in Kerinci district can be turned into another tour package in Jambi province, Jambi ...

Some 7.27 million hectares of forests in C Kalimantan damaged

About 7.27 million hectares of forests in Central Kalimantan are damaged due to deforestation, a lecturer said here ...

Illegal logging widespread in Enggano

Illegal logging in Enggano Island, Bengkulu regency, Bengkulu province, had been increasing and threatened the forests ...

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 ...

RI`s 112 bird species threatened by shrinking habitats

Out Of a total of 1,594 bird species existing in Indonesia, 112 are on the brink of extinction and included in the ...

Task force chief: only few aware of REDD

Chief of the REDD Plus Task Force Kuntoro Mangkusubroto has said only few people were aware of REDD (Reducing Emission ...

REDD implementation challenged by industry lobbyists

The implementation of REDD Plus (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) has often faced ...

Indonesian organization to organize int`l youth forum on climate change

2007 Nobel peace prize laureate and former US Vice President Al Gore`s hope on Indonesia to popularize climate change ...

Mt Merapi`s cold lava floods paralyze village roads

Mount Merapi`s cold lava floods had paralyzed access roads linking Jarak Kidul hamlet and Sepi hamlet in Jrakah ...

Don`t let lake Toba be a "lavatory": legislator

A member of Toba Samosir district`s legislative body urged all stakeholders to preserve Lake Toba instead of making it ...