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Police to soon probe firms involved in land fires

The Riau Provincial Police will soon investigate several companies for their alleged involvement in land and forest ...

Another foreign firm named suspect in land fires

The police have named oil palm plantation company PT Palm Lestari Makmur as a suspect in an alleged case of land and ...

Competition suspected behind Singapore`s boycott of Indonesian tissue

The Indonesian Association of Pulp and Paper (APKI) suspected that business competition was behind Singapores boycott ...

Rising trend of CPO price expected to continue

The rising trend of the crude palm oil (CPO) price in international market is expected to continue, the Public ...

Indonesia lauds Malaysia for assistance in handling forest fires

The Indonesian government through its Minister of Foreign Affairs, Retno LP Marsudi, has praised Malaysia for its ...

Indonesia welcomes foreign assistance in battling forest fires - (d)

After taking months to tackling, Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said the government of Indonesia would welcome ...

NGO to provide legal counsel to victims of forest fires

The prolonged drought induced by the El Nino phenomenon, has resulted in a water crisis and harvest failure in some ...

Walhi to assist haze victims in taking legal action

The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) has opened command posts for suing plantation companies responsible for ...

Orangutans need immediate protection

The world celebrated International Orangutan Day on August 19 to recognize the great ape and to help encourage the ...

indonesia to propose stronger maritime interdiction to cut drug traffic - (d)

The National Narcotic Agency (BNN) will propose cooperation to strengthen maritime interdiction to cut drug ...

Indonesian investment board expanding partnership program with Australia

The Capital Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) is expanding the program, Indonesia-Australia Partnership on Food ...

Forest Preservation Crucial for Survival of Orang Rimba

Forest and Sumatras Orang Rimba tribe are inseparable, and they could not survive without each other. For the ...

President calls for optimizing land exploitation

President Joko Widodo has called for the application of poly-culture to optimize the use of land, including that ...

Ministers report to president about land for marginal farmers

Three ministers report to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) progress made in the plans to provide nine million hectares ...

President to review licenses of companies converting peatlands

President Joko Widodo has said he will review the licenses of companies that have converted peatlands into monoculture ...