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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 ...

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, ...