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Indonesia needs law on climate change: Walhi

The environmental non-government organization Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) has urged the government to ...

Repair of Bekasi dyke to be completed before rainy season

The Bekasi city administration said it is optimistic that repair of the Bekasi river dykes would be completed before ...

Police order investigation into forest fires

The Indonesian Police have instructed the regional police throughout the country to investigate the forest fires ...

Indonesian haze begins escalating to neighboring countries

At least eight provinces in Indonesia currently have an increasing number of hotspots producing smoke from forest and ...

RI ratifies ASEAN agreement on transboundary haze pollution

The Indonesian government has eventually ratified the ASEAN Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution (AATHP) 12 ...

Government criticized for allowing foreign NGOs operating in Indonesia

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made a mistake in 10 years of his administration by allowing foreign non ...

Four factors destroy forests: Activist

The non-governmental environmental organization Wahana Lingkungan Hidup (WALHI) stated that four factors cause ...

Aceh custom council launches Sharia-based management forest book

Aceh Custom Council (MAA) is launching a forest management handbook based on sharia and customary law compiled by ...

Education, health tops President Yudhoyono`s agenda

Education and health sectors have continued to top President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono governments priorities while ...

Bill Clinton Visits The Work Area of PT. Rimba Raya Conservation and Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting

- Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, along with the 60-people entourage of the Clinton Foundation, ...

Indonesian hotspots still need prompt response

Indonesian forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra, particularly in Riau Province, where fires have burnt 25 thousand ...

NOAA18 satellite detects 98 hotspots in Sumatra

The United States NOAA18 satellite operated by Singapore has detected 98 hotspots in Sumatra on Tuesday, of which 37 ...

Deforestation in Indonesia increased after moratorium: a study

A study published by Nature Climate Change revealed that the deforestation rate in Indonesia increased despite the ...

Papua needs more forest rangers

Indonesias easternmost province of Papua is in need of more rangers to protect the forests from damage and illegal ...

Jayapura faces shortage of forest police

The district of Jayapura in Papua province lacks adequate forest police to protect over 1.3 million hectares of ...