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Mangrove forests continue to decline every year

The mangrove forest areas in Indonesia continue to decline every year as the result of coastal reclamation and land ...

REDD+ expected to preserve forests, empower local coomunities

To address the challenge of climate change, Indonesia has been implementing the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ...

Rafflesia, Amorphophallus Flowers To Be Promoted As Botanical Treasures

Bengkulu, which is dubbed "The Land of Rafflesia", is set to host an international symposium on Rafflesia and ...

Environmental NGOs, Businessmen Criticize New Peatland Regulation

- It is crucial that peatlands in Indonesia are protected as they cover some 22 million hectares of land in the ...

Confiscated documents brought to Jakarta: KPK

All documents that the Corruption Eradication Commissions (KPK) investigators confiscated from different places, ...

KPK seizes documents from Riau governor`s house

Investigators of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) raided the house of Riau Governor Annas Maamun here on Sunday ...

Future generation should respect real heroes: President

The future generation should respect the heroes who died for the country and imbibe the values of their struggle while ...

Rapid mangrove loss results in hefty economic losses: UN report

Mangroves are being destroyed three to five times faster than the average rate of forests loss, causing emissions ...

Yudhoyono Administration Turns Indonesia into Environmentally Conscious Country

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was once described as a "different kind of leader" by the President of the World ...

UNDP lauds Indonesia`s REDD+ efforts

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has appreciated Indonesias REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from ...

JAAN wants no dancing monkeys in Indonesia by 2016

Concerned about their wellbeing, animal welfare group Jakarta Animal Aid Network (JAAN) wants Indonesia to be free of ...

Satellite detects 187 hotspots in C. Kalimantan

NOAA-18 Satellite has detected 187 hotspots of forest and plantation fires across Central Kalimantan Province on ...

President Yudhoyono co-chairs session of UN Climate Summit on forests

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg co-chaired the plenary 2 of the UN ...

Government implementing Ciliwung River restoration project

The central and regional governments are cooperating to restore the water quality of Ciliwung River to solve the ...

Indigenous community plays important role in forest conservation: Narang

The Indonesian representative in the Governors Climate and Forest Task Force (GCF) initiative, Governor of Central ...