#land use

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Indonesia to adopt greener model for development

The Government of Indonesia, in cooperation with various businesses, is committed to shifting development planning to ...

Inactive Bogor district head gets 5.6 years in jail

The Bandung corruption court in West Java on Thursday sentenced inactive Bogor district head Rahmat Yasin to five ...

REDD+ expected to preserve forests, empower local coomunities

To address the challenge of climate change, Indonesia has been implementing the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ...

Leading Int`l Positions Waiting For Yudhoyono

Last year, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was considering opening a fried rice restaurant or becoming a chili ...

Many coastal cities proposed for reclamation: Official

The Ministry of Marine and Fisheries has received a proposal for developing many coastal cities for reclamation in ...

KPK raids offices rooms of officials in Karawang

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Saturday raided the office rooms of the regent of Karawang and other ...

Twenty five companies agree to renegotiate mining contracts

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa stated that 25 mineral companies, out of a total of 112, have ...

Agricultural issue more important than economic concerns: Prabowo

The issue of agriculture is a more important concern than simple economics, because it has a strategic role in the ...

Six investors interested to build refinery in Bontang

Six investors have shown interest to construct an oil refinery in Bontang, East Kalimantan, stated Deputy Finance ...

Indonesia`s rain forest agency set to be in full swing

A new agency to protect Indonesias rainforests is ready to begin work to implement a first of its kind environmental ...

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 ...

Uncertain laws make employers to be restless: Association

Chief of Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) Sofyan Wanandi said on Wednesday businessmen had been made restless ...

Take firm action against forest fire perpetrators

The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has asked the government to take the firmest possible action against ...

RI forest moratorium overlapping

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in May 2013 extended the country`s forest moratorium but it was ...

Greenpeace asks Indonesia to carry out forest moratorium

Greenpeace Indonesia has asked the government to firmly carry out its commitment of forest moratorium because ...