#land use

Collection of land use news, found 56 news.

Year ender - Government poised to achieve salt self-sufficiency By Andi Abdussalam

The main problem that the government has been facing so far in the salt sector is increasing the production and market ...

Government to optimize swamp land use for agriculture: Minister

The government would optimize the use of swamp area as agriculture land, Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman said ...

Indonesia becomes global model for peatland restoration: UNEP

Indonesia is the worlds model for restoring peatlands, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ...

RI seeking to form peat ecosystem body before climate meet

Indonesia is seeking to set up a Peatland Ecosystem Restoration Body after the peatlands in Sumatra and Kalimantan ...

NIIT Technologies Implements Cargo Ground Handling System for Cathay Pacific Services Limited

-System enhances operational efficiency, performance and productivity     NIIT Technologies Ltd. ...

Business tycoon sentenced to 32 months in jail for bribery

Business tycoon Hartati Murdaya was found guilty of committing a corruption crime on Monday and sentenced to two years ...

Deep tunnel no solution for Jakarta floods

Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo`s plan to build a deep tunnel will not serve as a solution to the floods that hit the ...

British minister calls on C Kalimantan people to preserve forests

The visiting United Kingdom`s environment minister, Jim Paice, here Friday called on the Central Kalimantan people ...

President vows to dedicate himself to forest preservation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said, during the last three years of his presidency, he would dedicate himself to ...

RI`s forest cutting moratorium begins gaining int`l acclaim

The recently introduced moratorium on forest conversions has begun winning international acclaim with Norway ...

Norway hails RI`s moratorium on forest clearing

Norway`s Minister of the Environment and International Development Erik Solheim has hailed the signing of a ...