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Environmental NGOs, Businessmen Criticize New Peatland Regulation

- It is crucial that peatlands in Indonesia are protected as they cover some 22 million hectares of land in the ...

CPO export tax to be abolished in October

The government will abolished the export tax on crude palm oil in October following the shrinking price of that ...

Four factors destroy forests: Activist

The non-governmental environmental organization Wahana Lingkungan Hidup (WALHI) stated that four factors cause ...

Millions of hectares of forest in Indonesia damaged

The National Environment Association reported that at least 57 million hectares of forest in Indonesia up to 2013 have ...

Indonesia expected to produce 100 million oil palm sprouts

The Indonesian Palm Seed Communication Forum has estimated that Indonesias palm seed production this year is expected ...

Agricultural trade surplus US$20 billion

Minister of Agriculture Suswono reported that agricultural sector has contributed surplus for the national trade ...

Riau`s two million hectares of oil palm plantation illegal: Minister

Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan has urged the Riau Province Administration not to issue additional permit for oil ...

Papua needs more forest rangers

Indonesias easternmost province of Papua is in need of more rangers to protect the forests from damage and illegal ...

North Sumatra`s earning from black tea exports growing

North Sumatra has recorded growing black tea export earning in the first four months of the year compared with the ...

Communal conflicts not affecting plantation development in Papua

Conflicts between two tribal groups in the district of Mimika, Papua, did not hamper development of oil palm ...

Sumatran tiger rescued from trap undergoes leg amputation

A Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), earlier rescued after becoming entangled in a sling snare trap in ...

Sumatran tiger rescued from trap may undergo leg amputation

A Sumatran tiger (Phantera tigris sumatrae) may have one of his legs amputated due to infection after being entangled ...

Haze disrupts oil palm production in Riau

Haze from the ongoing forest fires in the Riau province had disrupted the harvest of oil palm fruits, a local farmer ...

Haze reduces visibility in Pekanbaru to 50 to 70 meters

Haze from forest and plantation fires reduced the visibility in Pekanbaru to around 50 and 70 meters on Sunday. ...

Racing against time to save Riau`s biosphere reserve from fires

Sumatras Riau Province is badly hit by forest and plantations fires, and the largest number of the hotspots detected ...