#land conversion

Collection of land conversion news, found 65 news.

Year Ender 2021

Optimizing government assistance for economic recovery

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly affected the economies of various countries in the world, including that of ...

Expert: 30 primate species may become extinct by 2050

According to a study, around 30 primate species in Indonesia may become extinct by 2050 due to the impact of climate ...

Capital relocation for long-term national development: academic

The decision to relocate the national capital to East Kalimantan is aimed at ensuring smooth long-term national ...

Preserving forests to sustain food independence in N Maluku

Renowned biologist Alfred Russel Wallace has famously written about his delight at discovering an Ornithoptera ...

Ministry releases West Kalimantan's 6,901 ha of protected forest area

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry (LHK) Ministry officially issued a decree (SK) on releasing 6,901 hectares of ...

NSLIC/NSELRED facilitates consultations on land conversion, beef stock

National Support for Local Investment Climates/National Support for Enhancing Local and Regional Economic Development ...

Govt prioritizes changing public mindset on reducing land degradation

The government has channeled its efforts to change the public outlook in preventing environmental degradation, ...

President grants clemency to former Riau governor

President Joko Widodo has granted clemency to former Riau governor Annas Maamun convicted of corruption in a case of ...

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Increasing awareness of environmental preservation among millennials

With Indonesia observing National Flora and Fauna Day on November 5, 2019, the millennial generation has become the ...

Forest degradation threatens existence of endemic flora, fauna: LIPI

Forest degradation owing to wildfires and land conversion has threatened the existence of endemic species of flora and ...

SBI team rescues endangered male proboscis monkey in South Kalimantan

A rescue team of Indonesia's Friends of Bekantan (SBI) rescued a male proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) under ...

Greenpeace raises concerns over capital city relocation to Kalimantan

Greenpeace Indonesia raised environmental and governance concerns regarding a plan to develop a new capital city in ...

Capital city concept to entail environmental restoration: minister

Environmental Affairs Minister Siti Nurbaya affirmed that the concept of the new capital city in East Kalimantan will ...

New capital city to not become new autonomous region: Minister

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has excluded the possibility of forming a new autonomous region in Kutai ...

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Forest fires drive Sumatran tiger from their habitats

Indonesia, home to the Sumatran tiger, joined celebrations on International Tiger Day, observed on July 25, to raise ...