#illegal logging

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RI, India hold joint patrol in Malacca strait

Indonesia and India have started a coordinated patrol in the Malacca Strait. Fleet Command Unit for the Western ...

Illegal logging to be discussed in climate change confab

Various issues related to illegal logging activities and forest monitoring will be discussed in the "Conference on the ...

RI govt moves forward to realize CO2 emission cut pledge

The government has signed at least two important decrees this month to support its commitment to reduce greenhouse ...

RI losing Rp36 trillion by illegal logging annually

Every year Indonesia is suffering a loss of Rp36 trillion from massive illegal logging in the country, Center for ...

Forest fires could hinder C02 cutting efforts

Forest fire hot spots have been detected in around 10 provinces in Indonesia during the present dry season which has ...

ASEAN-UEcooperation in humanitarian and crisis response

Secretary-General of ASEAN Surin Pitsuwan and European Union Commissioner for International Cooperation on ...

Govt determined to fight forest fires as hot spots proliferate

The Indonesian government appears to be determined to reduce the number of forest fire hot spots by 20 percent ...

Forestry ministry ready to deal with forest fires

The forestry ministry is ready to deal with forest fires currently occurring on Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands, ...

RI seizes 93 foreign ships: Bakorkamla spokesman

Indonesia, through its National Maritime Security Coordinating Board or Bakorkamla, has from January to August 2011 ...

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 ...

Poaching, illegal trade still threatening Sumatran tigers

Poaching and illegal trade in tiger parts are still major threats to the survival of the Sumatran tiger (Panthera ...

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 ...

UGM, Korean University cooperate in forest research

Gajah Mada Universtity (UGM)`s Faculty of Forestry is cooperating with Korean University in tropical forest research ...

RI`s deforestation rate drops to 600,000 hectares per year: Minister

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said the pace of deforestation in Indonesia has already dropped and now reaches ...

Illegal wood buyers abroad must be arrested: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said efforts must be made to arrest illegal wood buyers abroad to complement the ...