#illegal logging

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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 ...

Indonesia-EU Forestry Agreement Breakthrough In Fight Against Illegal Timber Trade

The long-waited Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade - Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) was finally ...

Lessons learnt on managing mangroves sustainably

Indonesia`s mangrove swamp is the largest in the world, covering some 3.2 million hectares, or 22 percent of the total ...

Indonesia, EU sign agreement to fight illegal logging

Indonesia and the European Union (EU) signed the Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade-Voluntary Partnership ...

Indonesia and EU Signed the Historic Timber Trading Agreement

- The Indonesian Ministry of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan, the European Commisioner for the Environment Janez Potocnik, and ...

Indonesia-EU sign agreement on forest law enforcement

Indonesia and the European Union have officially signed the Voluntary Partnership Agreement on Forest Law Enforcement ...

On World Rhino Day, efforts to boost rhino conservation intensify

World Rhino Day 2013 was celebrated on September 22 in many countries, including Indonesia, with demands made for ...

Safari Park celebrates World Rhino Day

The Indonesian Safari Park (TSI) in Cisarua Bogor, West Java, celebrated the World Rhino Day 2013 in cooperation with ...

Forestry Ministry to review cooperation with foreign agencies

Indonesia will reconsider its cooperation with the World Wild Fund (WWF) and other foreign agencies for their failure ...

Illegal logging damages Krinci Seblat National Park

Illegal logging is growing rampant damaging the Krinci Seblat National Park in the regency of Musi Rawas of South ...

President Yudhoyono praised for Indonesia`s commitment to environment

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was fast in taking decision on Indonesia`s commitment to the climate change during ...

Moratorium Extension Needed For Better Forest Governance

A tag of war between environmental groups and forest industrialists have resumed as Indonesia`s regulation on a ...