#kalimantan

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RI govt urged to protect orangutans against palm oil plantation companies

The Center for Orangutan Protection (COP) has urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to instruct the Forestry ...

Airports in E. Kalimantan border regions to be improved

Several airports in regions bordering Malaysia in East Kalimantan will be improved to speed up their economic ...

RI, Malaysian border in w Kalimantan still under negotiations

Indonesia and Malaysia are currently still negotiating their border in Kampung Camar, West Kalimantan, Foreign ...

Ministers discuss RI-Malaysia border problems

Several cabinet ministers dealing with political, law and security affairs discussed Indonesia-Malaysia border ...

Papua`s forests facing serious threat: Greenpeace

A Greenpeace campaigner for Papua, Ricarth Tawaru, said with forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan having almost ...

Indonesia needs innovative leader

Former Vice President Jusuf Kalla has said Indonesia was in need of innovative leaders to attain national progress, ...

Land expansion needed to achieve food production target: minister

Agriculture Minister Suswono said that Indonesia needed the support of more land to achieve its target of 10 million ...

Astra to increase business activities in all sectors

PT Astra International Tbk. (ASII) will increase its business activities in all sectors from automotive to financial ...

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 ...

Minister reiterates govt`s commitment to sustainable forestry development policies

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan has reiterated the government`s commitment to applying forestry development policies ...

Russia-e Kalimantan's MoU on rail road signed end of October

The East Kalimantan Capital Investment Agency predicted that by the end of October 2011 a Memorandum of Understanding ...

US, Indonesia announce $28.5 million debt swap for forests

The United States and Indonesia on signed a $28.5 million debt-for-nature swap agreement on Monday, the US Embassy ...

Anti-oil palm industry campaigns must be countered

Industry Minister MS Hidayat said black campaigns against the oil palm industry must be countered because in reality ...

Fires raze 200 hectares of forest area in C. Java

Fires have razed a total of 200 hectares of forest area in the current dry season in Central Java, a provincial ...

Indonesia wins two titles

Indonesia won two titles at the 2011 Indonesia Open Gold Grandprix at the Palaran Stadium Samarinda, East Kalimantan, ...