#illegal logging

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Aceh Police detain illegal logger in Mt Leuser national park area

Subulussalam Police detained ST (45), a resident of Natam Village, Badar Sub-district, Southeast Aceh District, Aceh ...

Government to reforest 2,000-ha arid and barren land in Bengkulu

The Environment and Forestry Ministry, through the Center for River Basin Area and Protected Forest Management ...

Minister highlights carbon storage potential of Indonesian forests

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan acknowledged endeavors to preserve ...

Local community of 10 villages involved in Meru Betiri conservation

The Meru Betiri National Park management in East Java has involved the residents of 10 adjoining villages in its ...

Two truck drivers in C Kalimantan arrested for illegal logging cases

The police in North Barito District, Central Kalimantan Province, stopped two trucks carrying several pieces of ...

No plan to release corruption inmates over COVID-19 fears: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) clarified that inmates convicted in corruption cases were barred from being released as ...

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Crushing illegal miners for saving Indonesia's environment

The Banten Provincial Police have made sustained efforts to curtail illegal gold mining activities, including by ...

Forest overexploitation forcing tigers to newer grounds: Walhi

Over-exploitation of forests in Sumatra has compelled Sumatran tigers to flee their habitats, stray into human ...

Ministry confiscates 17 containers of illegal timber in Surabaya

The Environment and Forestry Ministry confiscated 205.9 cubic meters of illegal timber stored in 17 shipping containers ...

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Relocating Indonesia's capital to Kalimantan, 'the world's lungs'

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on August 16, 2019, officially announced his plan to move Indonesia’s capital city ...

Terrorism, radicalism are still serious challenges: President Jokowi

Terrorism and radicalism remain significant challenges for Indonesian National Police to face in order to secure and ...

Apusan forest's illegal logging is death warrant for rare animals

Extensive illegal logging in the Apusan preserved forest, Tambakrejo Village, Malang, endangers the existence of rare ...

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Accelerating rescue operations in flood-hit Sentani

Indonesia has been hit by at least two major floods during this current transitional period from the rainy to the dry ...

Three bosses of illegal timber named suspects by KLHK

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) named three people who each served as leaders in three different ...

No illegal logging activity in Sentani area hit by flooding: Enviro Ministry

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry has confirmed there was no illegal logging activity in the Sentani ...