#forests

Collection of forests news, found 1.477 news.

Moa island to have 1.5 MW PLTD

A 1.5 MW diesel power plant (PLTD) will be built by state power company PT.PLN Maluku and North Maluku branches on ...

Stop orangutan skull trade

The Center of Orangutan Protection, a Non-Governmental-Organization, urged the society and the government to be ...

Masohi to be Maluku`s new provincial capital

Sitting in an area with wide unpopulated tracts of land, the Central Maluku district town of Masohi is currently ...

Hotspots cause thick smog in west sumatra

Thick smog from 85 newly detected hot spots is reported to be covering West Sumatera province. According to ...

Twenty-one houses near river collapse due to soil abrasion

Tenggarong, East Kalimantan (ANTARA News)  - Some 21 houses in Sebulu Ilir village, East Kalimantan, located on a ...

Forestry ministry proposes conservation foundation

The Forestry Ministry is proposing the formation of a conservation foundation which will focus on financing forest ...

Walhi criticizes Brazil`s plan to build Belo Mento dam

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has called on governments all over the world to stop constructing ...

Smog crates new hotspots in Sumatra

Thick smog has been covering Dumai in Riau province, caused by newly appearing hotspots. The weather agency had ...

Aceh Governor does not believe advanced countries` compensation pledge

Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf said he did not believe the advanced countries` pledge to compensate Indonesia under a ...

Migratory birds arrive in Riau forests

Hundreds of migratory raptors and Tringa brevipe birds have arrived in forest areas along the coast of Rupat Isle, ...

ASEAN now able to contribute to global agenda

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said ASEAN now had a unique opportunity to transform the region, shape the ...

Environment minister declares Brebes green belt area

Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta declared the northern coast in Brebes, Central Java, as a green belt area ...

Tree planting movement conducted in 23 provinces in 2011

Activities under the national tree planting movement have been carried out in 23 provinces this year to help deal with ...

W. Kalimantan`s district of landak has 300,000-hectare forest

Landak district, West Kalimantan province, has 300,000 hectares of forest or 30 percent of the whole area of the ...

New Report: Exposing the Myths of FSC

-Stop the War on the Poor Campaign Documents the Economic Harm and Environmental Mythology of the Forest Stewardship ...