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Forest protection responsibility of all parties

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said the protection of tropical forests in Indonesia was the responsibility of ...

Indonesia launches all-out fight against forest fires

As haze coming from forest, plantation and peatland fires has affected thousands of lives of people in Sumatra as ...

RI forest moratorium overlapping

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in May 2013 extended the country`s forest moratorium but it was ...

Greenpeace asks Indonesia to carry out forest moratorium

Greenpeace Indonesia has asked the government to firmly carry out its commitment of forest moratorium because ...

Malaysian firms suspected to have sent haze home

Tens of companies have allegedly practiced slash-and-burns to open plantations in Sumatra`s Riau, causing forest fires ...

Hotspots show weaknesses of Indonesia`s forest moratorium: Greenpeace

Greenpeace said Thursday half of the hotspots detected on June 11-18, whose smoke travelled to Singapore and Malaysia ...

President Yudhoyono praised for Indonesia`s commitment to environment

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was fast in taking decision on Indonesia`s commitment to the climate change during ...

Indonesian state-owned companies urged to expand to Philippines

Indonesia`s state enterprises minister Dahlan Iskan has called on state-owned companies to expand to the Philippines ...

Sumatran elephants run amok in Riau`s oil palm plantation

A herd of Sumatran elephants ran amok in an oil palm plantation in Minas, Riau Province, seriously injuring one worker ...

Indonesia Launches Forest Governance Index To Strengthen REDD+

As the two-year moratorium on deforestation faces expire, Indonesia has launched its first forest governance index to ...

Sebatik Island has potential for palm oil investment

Sebatik Island in Nunukan District, North Kalimantan, has the potential for investors to develop palm oil processing ...

Govt should collect data on damaged forest areas

Director of the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance Enny Sri Hartati suggested the government collect ...

Almost four million Indonesians live on palm oil

About 3.7 million people in Indonesia live on oil palm plantations, a senior agriculture ministry said. Speaking ...

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 ...