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Producers criticize govt ban on raw rattan exports

The government has issued a ban on the exportation of raw rattan which it says is an effort to preserve the country`s ...

No change in RI govt`s sugar policy

The government`s plan to import 300 - 500 thousand tons of sugar until early next year indicates that the trade ...

Rights body proposes special board to handle land disputes

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) his proposing the formation of a special body to resolve land ...

Emerging evidence sheds some light on orangutan killing case

At the beginning, some people considered a report on the slaughtering of Kalimantan (Borneo) orangutan (pongo ...

Police name two new suspects in orangutan killing case

The National Police on Thursday named two more suspects in the case of orangutan (pongo pygmaeus morio) killings at ...

Police grill 25 witnesses in orangutan killing case

The National Police have grilled 25 witnesses in the orangutan (pongo pygmaeus morio) and monkey killing case at Puan ...

RI enjoys US$2.8 billion foreign trade surplus in September

Indonesia enjoyed a surplus in both its non-oil/non-gas and oil/gas trading activities with other countries in ...

Elephants run amok in jambi oil palm, rubber plantations

Tens of elephants have been running amok in oil palm and rubber plantations in Koto VII Sub-district, in Tebo ...

Papua`s forests facing serious threat: Greenpeace

A Greenpeace campaigner for Papua, Ricarth Tawaru, said with forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan having almost ...

Nestle to invest $200 mln in Indonesia

Nutrition, health and wellness company Nestle SA plans to build a cocoa processing plant in Indonesia at a cost of ...

news focus: rainforest conservation, law enforcement crucial for orangutan`s survival

Indonesia is home to the world`s remaining population of critically endangered orangutans found on Sumatra and ...

Anti-oil palm industry campaigns must be countered

Industry Minister MS Hidayat said black campaigns against the oil palm industry must be countered because in reality ...

Trade war eroding oil palm industry`s prospects : Sinar Mas

The existence of a trade war is slowly eroding the developmental prospects of the oil palm industry in Indonesia, the ...

Govt determined to fight forest fires as hot spots proliferate

The Indonesian government appears to be determined to reduce the number of forest fire hot spots by 20 percent ...

Batam protected forest gutted by fire

A fire has gutted around 20 hectares of protected forest in Bukit Tiban, Batuaji, Batam, Riau Islands Province. ...