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Proposed bauxite mining rights questionnaire faces cancellation

The proposed rights to the bauxite mining questionnaire in Bintan District face cancellation because there are four ...

Flood-hit SE Sulawesi's forests need to be restored: BNPB

Indonesia's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has reiterated the need for forest restoration and rehabilitation in ...

Indonesia's two new biosphere reserves recognized by UNESCO

Indonesia's Tojo Una-Una Togean, Central Sulawesi, and Saleh-Moyo-Tambora (Samota), West Nusa Tenggara, were two ...

West Papua receives award from Conservation International

West Papua Province received the Global Conservation Hero Award from the Conservation International (CI) at the ...

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Jayagiri Village innovates in developing tourism

Jayagiri Village in Lembang Sub-district, West Bandung District, West Java, became synonymous with the popular ...

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Enjoying the sights and sounds while returning to homeland

Mudik, or homecoming, the annual special tradition of going home is followed before Eid Al-Fitr, locally known as ...

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Jumping to the rescue of the proboscis monkey

Amalia Rezeki, a lecturer at the Faculty of Biology Education, University of Lambung Mangkurat, was never one for ...

Ship sinking best deterrent to eradicate illegal fishing: minister

Maritime and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti strongly believes that the approach of sinking foreign fishing vessels ...

Students protest against gold mining company in Central Aceh

Dozens of university students staged a peaceful rally in front of the Aceh governor's office here on Thursday to ...

Imperial Pacific Seizes Opportunity on US Saipan to Create an 'Ocean Miracle'

Saipan, the capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a commonwealth of the United States in the western Pacific, ...

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Ex-political detainees in Buru envision ideal leader

News Feature : Harto Wiyono, 71, was picked up by Civil Service Police Unit members while out in the fields on grounds ...

50 million people to participate in disaster preparedness drill: BNPB

In the wake of Disaster Preparedness Day on April 26, Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has ...

Apusan forest's illegal logging is death warrant for rare animals

Extensive illegal logging in the Apusan preserved forest, Tambakrejo Village, Malang, endangers the existence of rare ...

NGO urges government to save mangrove forest in Langkat

Indonesia's Environmental Forum (Walhi) in North Sumatra has urged the government to save hundreds of hectares of ...

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Easing congestion to reduce air pollution in Jakarta

Jakartans have been very enthusiastic in welcoming the country’s first subway called Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) ...