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Banten collaborates closely with police to curb illegal gold mining

Banten Governor Wahidin Halim affirmed that his team will work closely with the Banten Police to clamp down on illegal ...

PMI evacuates 150 villagers trapped in forest following flash flood

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) of Lebak District, Banten Province, evacuated 150 flood survivors trapped in the ...

Helicopter deployed to disburse vital aid to Lebak flood survivors

The government has deployed a helicopter to dispense humanitarian assistance to flood and landslide survivors in Lebak ...

Flash flood claims eight lives in Lebak: BNPB

A flash flood that hit Lebak District in Banten Province on Wednesday (Jan 1) killed at least eight people, Head of the ...

40 Sumatran rhinos in Way Kambas National Park

Half of the population of Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) live within the area of Way Kambas National ...

Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in East Aceh to protect endangered species

The Aceh provincial administration intends to build a Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) in East Aceh District in a bid to ...

110,459 foreign travelers visit N Sulawesi in Jan-Oct 2019

The Sam Ratulangi International Airport's Immigration Office recorded that 110,459 foreign travelers had paid a ...

Ministry confiscates 17 containers of illegal timber in Surabaya

The Environment and Forestry Ministry confiscated 205.9 cubic meters of illegal timber stored in 17 shipping containers ...

Strong wind impedes firefighting efforts on Mt Arjuno, Mt Welirang

Strong wind played spoilsport in the aerial firefighting efforts to put out wildfires on the slopes of Mount Arjuno and ...

Climbing activities on Mount Argopuro stalled by wildfire

A wildfire blazing through the protected forest area on the slope of Mount Argopuro since Saturday (Oct 19) has ...

West Kalimantan to hold Lake Sentarum Festival on Oct 25-27

- in Kapuas Hulu support the festival and plan to hold tribal rituals to coincide with the festival, he ...

Very strong wind hinders wildfire-fighting efforts on Mount Semeru

Efforts to extinguish forest fires on the slope of Mount Semeru located in Lumajang District, East Java Province, have ...

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Indonesia seeks inscription of more geoparks on UGGp List

Of Indonesia's 15 national geoparks, Batur in Bali, Ciletuh-Pelabuhanratu in West Java, Gunung Sewu in Yogyakarta, ...

Human-elephant conflicts spike in Riau following forest fires

Forest fires blazing in the Tesso Nilo National Park fueled more frequent conflicts between human beings and Sumatran ...

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Taking a cue on new capital city design from Canberra

Indonesia is looking to Australia’s capital Canberra as a reference for its capital city in East Kalimantan, part ...