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Rhino international year expected to boost global cooperation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the leader of one of the world`s most diverse countries, is scheduled to attend ...

Three men named suspects for slaughtering orangutans

Three men had been named suspects for allegedly slaughtering Orangutans in Kutai Timur district, East Kalimantan, an ...

RI govt seriously protecting wild life

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said the government was seriously committed to protecting wild life species such as ...

Tiger population in Bengkulu now only 40

The Sumatran tiger population in Bengkulu Province is now estimated at only 40, a provincial nature conservation ...

Unique wild cats found in Riau forests

Five unique species of cats had been discovered in Indonesian Riau`s forests after a recent research by the World ...

news focus: rainforest conservation, law enforcement crucial for orangutan`s survival

Indonesia is home to the world`s remaining population of critically endangered orangutans found on Sumatra and ...

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 ...

New Report: Exposing the Myths of FSC

-Stop the War on the Poor Campaign Documents the Economic Harm and Environmental Mythology of the Forest Stewardship ...

Number of threatened bird species in Indonesia increases

The number of threatened bird species in Indonesia has increased from 122 in 2010 to 123 in 2011, according to an NGO ...

Mother of all polar bears from Ireland

The Arctic`s dwindling population of polar bears all descend from a single mama brown bear which lived 20,000 to ...

Sumba hornbills under increasing threat of extinction

Indonesia`s Sumba hornbills are under threat of extinction as indiscriminate forest exploitation is progresively ...

More Indonesian bird species nearing extinction

More Indonesian bird species are threatened by extinction due to the loss of their habitat to forest destruction or ...

Cambodian killer elephant dies in new home

An elephant that killed its owner and then went on a 10-day rampage in the Cambodian countryside before being taken in ...

RI`s 112 bird species threatened by shrinking habitats

Out Of a total of 1,594 bird species existing in Indonesia, 112 are on the brink of extinction and included in the ...