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RSPO Comments on Proposed Palm Oil Labeling Bill in Australia

-http://www.rspo.org/media/index.php         The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil ...

About 35.4 million hectares of forests reserved economic activities

The forestry ministry has reserved about 35.4 million hectares of forests for production forest utilization ...

WALHI hails planned moratorium on forest clearing

The Indonesian Environmental Forum (WALHI) has hailed the government`s plan to sign the presidential regulation ...

RI to declare moratorium on forest exploitation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono plans to sign a presidential decree on a moratorium on forest exploitation this ...

Ani Yudhoyono concerned about human trafficking in ASEAN

Indonesian First Lady Ani Yudhoyono has added her voice to one of the causes of human and migrant workers right ...

RI, EU sign pact to end illegal timber exports

The European Union and the Indonesian government on Wednesday (May 4) announced a new agreement aimed at stemming the ...

RI, South Pacific nations to boost eco-tourism

In line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Indonesia has offered its expertise in eco-tourism development ...

Minister calls on public to support six priority forestry policies

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan has called on all elements of society to help make the implementation of its main ...

Global climate treaty still elusive objective

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said here Thursday that despite the long time spent and enormous efforts made by ...

State loses Rp311 tln to Kalimantan resource exploitation

Long ago, the four Indonesian provinces in Kalimantan island whose total land was about 550,000 sq km, were covered ...

No need for govt to prioritize 26 pct carbon reduction target

The government does not need to prioritize the target of reducing carbon dioxide by 26 percent in 2020 as Indonesia ...

WWF urges policymakers to support bold forest conservation target

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is urging policymakers and business leaders to quickly back a bold target to ...

Forestry minister pledges pro-people, pro-growth policies

Indonesia has joined the world in celebrating the International Year of Forest 2011 as declared by The United Nations ...

Govt committed to keeping Papua`s forest regions intact

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said his ministry remains committed to keeping Papua`s primary forest regions ...

Addressing malaria global elimination

- Malaria is known as a frightening specter across the world, especially in countries with vast tropical forests, such ...