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Forestry Ministry thwarts illegal insect trade in W Papua

The Ministry of Forestry has foiled the illegal sale of hundreds of protected wild insects via social media and ...

Government strengthens climbing safety at Mt. Rinjani

Brazilian mountaineer Juliana Marins' death after falling into a 600-meter ravine on the slopes of Mount ...

Indonesia to tighten hiking safety following Rinjani tragedy

The Indonesian government is committed to tightening supervision and conducting thorough evaluations of hiking safety ...

Bengkulu governor praises Prabowo's action on Enggano isolation

Bengkulu Governor Helmi Hasan lauded President Prabowo Subianto for issuing a presidential instruction to accelerate ...

Forming Red and White co-ops in Papua, minister assures

Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions, Yandri Susanto, has assured that Red and White ...

Flash flood kills 15 at West Papua mine

Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) confirmed that 15 people died in a flash flood that struck a ...

W Papua: 10 dead, 10 missing in flash flood, landslides

At least 10 residents have been confirmed dead following the recent flash flood and landslides in the Catubouw, Arfak ...

Two Indonesian sites gain UNESCO Global Geopark status

Two geoparks in Indonesia—located in Kebumen, Central Java, and Meratus, South Kalimantan—have officially ...

Abused, forced to work: Grappling as a trafficked victim in Myanmar

Ilham Fajrian, a man from Jakarta and a victim of human trafficking in Myanmar, described his emotions as a sense of ...

'Green gold' and tree bark combine in Papuan woman's coffee art

A bespectacled woman gently picked up the prepared coffee powder and began applying it onto a sheet of tree bark using ...

Indonesia to welcome 38 Buddhist monks on spiritual trek from Bangkok

The Ministry of Religious Affairs is set to greet the arrival of 38 Buddhist monks, or Bhante Thudong, to Indonesia, ...

Opinion

Bioeconomy balancing Indonesia's conservation and economic development

Bioeconomy is a core pillar of economic transformation in Indonesia's National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN) ...

'Hiker Mom' leaves behind a tale of true grit

On Instagram, she was known as "Mamak Pendaki" or the "Hiker Mom." Her real name was Lilie Wijayati ...

China Focus: Tree-rescuing journeys rooted in China's democracy

A century-old camphor tree, once on the brink of death, was revived as a group of deputies to the municipal legislative ...

Cycloop Mountains: A vital natural sanctuary for Papua's biodiversity

More than just a hilly area, the Cycloop Mountains are viewed as the heart of Papua's ecosystem, sustaining the ...