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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. ...

Fire razes tens of hectares of Pagaralam forest area

A fire razed tens of hectares of forest area at Atungbungsu, Dempo Selatan sub district, Pagaralam, South Sumatra. ...

Stop orangutan skull trade

The Center of Orangutan Protection, a Non-Governmental-Organization, urged the society and the government to be ...

Malaysia will repatriate 10,000 jambi migrant workers

The Malaysian government will repatriate some 10,000 Indonesian migrant workers (TKIs) most of whom had been employed ...

London Sumatra`s profit surges 112 pct

Oil palm plantation company PT PP London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk (LSIP) posted a net profit of Rp886.3 billion in the ...

Migratory birds arrive in Riau forests

Hundreds of migratory raptors and Tringa brevipe birds have arrived in forest areas along the coast of Rupat Isle, ...

Police catch ATM thieves

Police have caught two people on suspicion of having removed and taken away an automatic teller machine (ATM) of a ...

Three CPO factories to be built in Pesisir Selatan

Three crude palm oil (CPO) processing plants soon will be built in Pesisir Selatan regency, West Sumatra province. ...

At least 69 hot-spots detected in Dumai in January-July

The Dumai agriculture, plantation and forestry office has detected at least 69 hot-spots from January to July 2011, ...

Haze comes back in Sumatra and Kalimantan

Haze has come back on Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands over the past few weeks, affecting the environment, the local ...

East Kotawaringin forms command post to tackle forest fires

The East Kotawaringin district administration has set up a command post to deal with forest and plantation fires. ...

Thirty elephants damage plantations in W Lampung

A herd of 30 elephants again damaged plantations at Pemerihan village, Bengkunat sub district, Belimbing, West ...

Malaysia wishes to invest in South Lampung plantations

The Agricultural Development Agency of Negeri Perak, Malaysia, is interested in investing in coconut plantations in ...

Ship carrying palm oil sinks in S Kalimantan waters

A ship with palm oil on board which was believed to have sailed from Pamukan Selatan and Sampanahan sank in the ...