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Riau calls for private companies to help fight wildfires

It certainly is no easy task to break the vicious cycle of annual forest, peat land and plantation fires, which have ...

Mount Tambora National Park Transformed Into New Ecotourism Destination

In 1816, Europe and North America experienced an unusual climatic phenomenon termed, "the year without a summer" due ...

Bengkulu`s conservation agency captures Sumatran tiger

The Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) of Bengkulu has captured the Sumatran tiger (Phantera tigris ...

Leopard detected in conservation forests in East Java

The East Java chapter of the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has detected Javanese leopards (Panthera ...

Legal Process of Surabaya "Death" Zoo Case Begins

The Surabaya Zoo tragedy has dragged on too long, making the zoo notorious internationally for its cruelty. The zoo ...

Orangutan found beheaded in Central Kalimantan

An orangutan was found beheaded in Pelangsian Village, Ketapang Subdistrict, East Kotawaringin District, Central ...

Quarantine officials foil attempt to smuggle 687 pig-nosed turtles

Quarantine officials at Seokarno-Hatta Airport have foiled an attempt to smuggle 687 pitted-shelled turtles, chief of ...

Forest conversion to mining decreases anoa population

The conversion of forest areas has threatened the population of anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) and other endangered ...

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 ...

Panther enters residence area in Banten

A female Javanese panther (Panthera pardus melas) that entered the residence area of Baduy in Kanekes village, Lebak ...

Pangolins remain to become victims of poaching, illegal trading in 2012

Pangolins, also known as scaly anteaters, are not cute animal that people would like to keep as pets, but they are in ...

Artificial rains being considered to put out forest fires

Forest fires have hit several provinces in Indonesia over the past few months and produced haze that has had an effect ...

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 ...

TNKS, BKSDA plan rehabilitation of 6,295 ha forests this year

Kerinci Seblat National Park Audience Hall (BB TNKS) said this year it is planning to rehabilitate 6,295 hectares ...

One by One, Sumatran Tigers Fall Into Illegal Traps

Over the past two months, at least two Sumatran tigers (Pantera Tigris Sumatrae) have fallen into illegal traps ...