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Indonesia urged to extend, strengthen moratorium on deforestation

A number of non-governmental organizations have urged the Indonesian government to extend two-year moratorium on ...

Minister supports proposal on extension of forest moratorium

Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan said he supported the idea on extending forest moratorium, that will expire in May ...

Indonesia releases more sea turtle hatchlings into sea

Several inhabitants of Sao Village, Mentawai Island, West Sumatra Province, must be overjoyed when they found a 75-kg ...

Wild boar hunts threaten Sumatran tiger habitat

The rising number of wild boar hunts in several parts of West Sumatra has threatened the habitat and population of ...

Walhi urges govt to extend forest moratorium

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

REDD+ working unit urges Indonesia govt to extend forest moratorium

The Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) National Strategy Working Unit urged the ...

Orangutans living outside natural habitat need attention

Orangutans are usually cute, adorable and smart that some people want to keep them as pets. Besides, orangutans and ...

Bali police confiscate 33 rare sea turtles

The Water Police Unit of Bali confiscated 33 rare sea turtles from a boat in the Tanjung Benoa Beach, Bali, since the ...

Indonesian fisheries need more investment

Indonesia`s maritime and fishery potentials are not yet fully exploited as investors so far are still lacking ...

Sumatran tiger tresspasses village, preying on cattles in Bengkulu

The conflict between human and Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) recurred in Bengkulu as the critically ...

Indonesia`s dependence on oil and gas imports high

Indonesia has become very dependent upon oil and gas imports because its consumption surpasses its production capacity ...

Indonesia`s manufacturing to revive: World Bank

Indonesia`s manufacturing industry will revive again after it languished due to an financial crisis in Asia in 1998, ...

WALHI blasts natural resource extraction-based development

The Indonesian environment organization Walhi has criticized development based upon exploiting natural resources since ...

Orangutans continue to face extinction in the wild

Increasing deforestation or the conversion of forest land into plantations has taken its toll on the natural habitats ...

Australia to Host the EITI International Transparency Conference 22-24 May 2013

-EITI International Secretariat     The EITI, the global standard for transparency of revenues from ...