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Mount Tambora National Park Transformed Into New Ecotourism Destination

In 1816, Europe and North America experienced an unusual climatic phenomenon termed, "the year without a summer" due ...

President asks KPK, police, attorney general to improve coordination

President Joko Widodo has asked the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), National Police (Polri), and Attorney ...

Indonesia to streamline foreign businesses on outer isles in 2015

Indonesia, which has so far encountered problems with its frontier areas both on land and the outer islands, will ...

President to review licenses of companies converting peatlands

President Joko Widodo has said he will review the licenses of companies that have converted peatlands into monoculture ...

Joint Ministerial Statement of 26 th APEC Meeting

1. We, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers, met on 7-8 November 2014, in Beijing, China. The meeting ...

Four factors destroy forests: Activist

The non-governmental environmental organization Wahana Lingkungan Hidup (WALHI) stated that four factors cause ...

Military deploys soldiers to guard Indonesia-Malaysia border

The Diponegoro Regional Military Command of Central Java has sent 450 soldiers from 405 Surya Kusuma Infantry ...

Drug trafficking serious threat at Indonesia-Malaysia border: Local mily chief

Drug trafficking and smuggling activities have become a serious threat on the Indonesia-Malaysia border in North ...

Papua needs more forest rangers

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

Jayapura faces shortage of forest police

The district of Jayapura in Papua province lacks adequate forest police to protect over 1.3 million hectares of ...

Global warming affect most of Indonesian area: Forestry minister

Indonesia is considered as one of the developing countries that is worst affected by global warming, because Indonesia ...

Task force seizes 450 tons of wood from biosphere reserve

The Riau haze mitigation task force has seized more than 450 tons of illegal wood during a crackdown on encroachers at ...

Racing against time to save Riau`s biosphere reserve from fires

Sumatras Riau Province is badly hit by forest and plantations fires, and the largest number of the hotspots detected ...

Landslide kills one in C Sulawesi

A landslide in Kebun Kopi Highway, Central Sulawesi Province has killed one and injured 18 others. The disaster ...

Indonesia needs Leopard tanks to secure borders: Mily commander

A regional military commander has called for deploying Leopard battle tanks to protect Indonesias borders in ...