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Walhi urges govt to extend forest moratorium

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) urged the Indonesian Government to extend the forest moratorium, ...

Maluku`s Southernmost Islands to be New Autonomous Region

The southernmost islands of Romang, Kisar, Wetar, and Lirang in Maluku Province are actually endowed with abundant ...

Govt approves budget for W Sumatra`s tsunami evacuee shelters

The government has approved budget allocations for the construction of tsunami evacuee shelters in West Sumatra`s ...

Statoil grows 20,000 mangrove trees in West Sulawesi

Oil company Statoil is growing 20,000 mangrove trees to meet its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitment in ...

Stop Aceh city planning amid fear of environmental damage

Coalition of NGOs in Aceh province here on Wednesday launched a petition at www.change.org urging the local government ...

Not all cities have trash banks in Indonesia

Not all Indonesian districts and cities have trash banks, according to Indonesian Environmental Affairs Minister ...

Pahawang Island Offers Underwater Adventure

When talking about snorkeling location in Indonesia, places such as southern Bali area, Bunaken waterpark of North ...

Dubai`s Al Jumeirah group developing luxury resort in Southeast Sulawesi

Dubai-based Al Jumairah group is currently developing a luxury resort and cottages in Matahora island, Wakatobi ...

Eastern Indonesia`s biodiversity prone to biopiracy

The biodiversity in Eastern Indonesian region was prone to biological theft or biopiracy as most of the species ...

Economic gap seen as cause of security problem in Papua

Economic and social gap is the root cause of persistent security problem in Papua, Velix Wanggai, a special staff of ...

Bengkulu to open 1,000 hectares of new rice fields

The Bengkulu agriculture service was reported to utilize 1,000 hectare of idle lands in the province for expansion of ...

Batam to become cinematography hub of Southeast Asia

The Government of Batam City, Riau Islands, is planning to make the city a hub of cinematography in the Southeast ...

Hundreds of papua separatists change allegiance

At least 212 members of the Papua separatist, OPM, have pledged to forgo the idea of establishing a free Papua state ...

Semen Indonesia opens packing plants in Papua

Publicly listed cement company PT Semen Indonesia Tbk.(SMGR) has set up a packing plant in Sorong, West Papua, to meet ...

Flood still inundating Jakarta`s main road

Flood is still inundating parts of Thamrin road in Central Jakarta on Thursday afternoon. In accordance with ...