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Celebrating 60 Years of Porsche Clubs

More than 30 participants in 20 Porsche cars took part in the Porsche Club Indonesia Tour de Yogyakarta. The three day ...

"Joyful" demonstration flight turns into tragic air crash

Many were enthusiastic about joining the demonstration flight of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 which took off from Halim ...

Indonesia govt denies report on increased deforestation rate

The government has declared that a report regarding the country`s loss of almost 5 million hectares of forest and ...

RI loses 4.9 mln ha despite forest moratorium

Indonesia has lost some 4.9 million hectares of its forests and peatlands, it was found during a revision of the ...

Eleven mining concessionaires now operational

Head of operations of the Tabalong mining agency in South Kalimantan, Norzain Yani said that only 11 of the 24 mining ...

US helps preserve W. Kalimantan rain forest

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director Glenn Anders and West Kalimantan Governor ...

Kalimantan elephant population continues to dwindle, says official

The population of Kalimantan elephants continues to dwindle as a result of damage to protected forests, an environment ...

Indian troops kill 5 militants in Indian controlled Kashmir

At least five militants were killed Thursday in a fierce gunfight in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said. ...

Regional environmental security conference being held in Jakarta

Military representatives from 13 countries are attending the Southeast Asian Regional Environmental Security ...

Govt aims to plant over 1.5 billion trees in 2012

The Forestry Ministry is aiming to plant more than 1.5 billion trees across the country this year as part of the ...

Orangutans Free At Last

In the Indonesian or Malay language, the word "orangutan" literally means "man of the forest", and this is not so ...

Minister releases four orangutans in Kalimantan`s forest

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan released four orangutans into the Bukit Batikap protected forest area in Murung Jaya ...

BOS will release 600 orangutans in 2012

The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation will set free a total of 600 orangutans into the Central Kalimantan ...

RI needs 30 years to become green again

Indonesia will be green again in 30 years if all parties work hard in terms of greening efforts, Forestry Minister ...

news focus: heart of Borneo designated as "world`s lungs"

Kalimantan Island or also known as Borneo is host to a vast area of the country`s remaining tropical rainforests ...