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Minister calls for improvement of free trade zone system

Finance Minister Agus DW Martowardojo has called for the improvement of the system and concept of the country`s Free ...

Oil palm plantations not reducing Lake Sentarum fishermen`s income

The Kapuas Hulu district head in West Kalimantan has denied that the oil palm extensification program had a bad effect ...

News Focus : RI`s failure to host global environment day regretted

Indonesia`s failure to be named host of World Environment Day (WED) 2011 is regrettable because the nation has lost a ...

Batam, Singapore predicted to be haze-free

Haze from Sumatran forest fires is not likely to reach Batam and Singapore as the winds in the region are ...

China plans to develop tourism in Central Kalimantan

Palangka Raya legislative assembly (DPRD) members said China planned to develop the tourism sector in Central ...

Sumatran elephants in Bengkulu increasingly isolated

Tens of Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus) living in limited production forests at the special function Elephant ...

Forestry ministry to hold workshop on climate change research

The forestry ministry is to organize a workshop on public communication on the results of climate change research at ...

Mt Merapi cold lava floods affecting students

At least 13 junior high school students in Tlogolele village, Selo subdistrict, Boyolali district, Central Java, ...

Indonesia should emulate Brazil in preserving natural forests : Obssrver

Indonesia should consider emulating Brazil in preserving the natural environment, its natural forests in particular, a ...

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 ...