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Indonesian govt to develop renewable energy for rural electricity

The Indonesian government is planning to build power generators using new and renewable energies (EBT) to provide ...

Indonesia`s planned moratorium on oil palm concessions lauded

President Joko Widodos announcement last week about a plan to impose a moratorium on new permits for oil palm ...

Agency to restore over 800 thousand hectares of peatland areas

Two months after its establishment, the Indonesia Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has claimed that it is now ...

Greenpeace calls on banks to stop credit for coal mining

Greenpeace Indonesia asks all banks in Indonesia to comply with call by the Financial Service Authority (OJK) to stop ...

Establishment of Indonesia`s Peatland Restoration Agency lauded

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) installed Nazir Foead, former conservation director at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), ...

Greenpeace hails establishment of Peatland Restoration Agency

Greenpeace has hailed the governments decision to establish a Peatland Restoration Agency and the appointment of ...

Government to set up peatland restoration agency next week: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has confirmed that the government will set up a peatland ecosystem restoration agency ...

Putting Out Forest Fires Crucial to Saving Lives

At least 307,360 people in six Indonesian provinces, from June 29 to October 5, 2015, sought medical treatment for ...

NGOs urge government to change energy policy

Environmentalists from a number of non governmental organizations (NGOs) have been united to urge President Joko ...

President Jokowi should take action against forest fire perpetrators

Forest fires and haze on the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan continue to create trouble for Indonesia despite the ...

Environmental NGOs, Businessmen Criticize New Peatland Regulation

- It is crucial that peatlands in Indonesia are protected as they cover some 22 million hectares of land in the ...

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 ...

Papua needs more forest rangers

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

Rally held in Riau to protest haze

A peaceful rally was organised here on Monday to protest the prolonged haze that has enveloped Riau Province. ...

Russia drops charges against Greenpeace activists

Russia on Wednesday formally dropped criminal charges against Greenpeace activists arrested in a protest against ...