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PLN to complete Miangas PLTS in August 2011

State power company PT PLN planned to complete the construction of the solar power plant (PLTS) on Miangas island, ...

Gayo`s Saman dance to be recognized by UNESCO

The Saman dance from Gayo, Aceh Province, has been registered with and will soon be recognized by UNESCO, according ...

Sail Indonesia 2011 participants to support Komodo

The participants of Sail Indonesia 2011 will support the world`s giant lizard Komodo as one of the New7Wonders of ...

Preparations started for sail Wakatobi-Belitung 2011

The Wakatobi district government and local people have started various preparations for the region to host Sail ...

Residents panic as earthquake shakes Ujung Kulon

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale that shook Ujung Kulon, Tuesday at 11.34 am local time, caused panic ...

River dike collapses inundating hundreds of houses

A river bank in Padang Tualang sub-district, Langkat regency, North Sumatra, collapsed causing inundation of hundreds ...

Bridge`s closure disrupts Magelang-Yogyakarta traffic

The Pabelan river bridge linking the Central Java town of Magelang to Yogyakarta was closed for all vehicles and ...

Forest Friends youths replant habitat of Sumatran tigers

Winners of "Forest Friends", a program of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF.

Mt Merapi`s cold lava victims to get shelters

Sleman district government has pledged to build new shelters for its people, whose houses have been damaged or ...

Paramitra conserves eight tropical pitcher plants in W Kalimantan

PT Paramitra Internusa Pratama, a subsidiary of the oil palm plantation Sinar Mas Group, has been conserving at least ...

Elephant habitat in Bengkulu shrinking

The habitat of wild elephants in Bengkulu province is shrinking because encroachments into limited production forests ...

BKSDA proposes widening of wildlife corridor in Seblat

Bengkulu`s Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has asked the Forestry Ministry for permission to widen the ...

RI`s peat forests can play important role in climate change

Peat swamp forests in Indonesia consist for 50 percent of tropical peat swamps and 10 percent of dry land, an ...

Kerinci Seblat potential world birdwatching destination: observer

The Kerinci Seblat National Park (TNKS) hosts a wide range of bird species making the park a potential world ...

Oil palm plantations must not harm protected forests

Oil palm estates in Kapuas Hulu district, West Kalimantan province, have been urged not to damage protected and ...