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Indonesia needs to rejuvenate palm oil plantations

With some 11.6 million hectares of plantations, Indonesia needs to rejuvenate its palm oil trees to maintain its ...

Sumatran tiger population in Sembilang Dangku has greatly diminished: observer

The population of the Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) in the Sembilang Dangku landscape of South Sumatra is ...

Yearender - Indonesia successfully fights forest fires in 2016

Many inhabitants of Riau Province have a fleeting sense of relief since, for the first time in the past 18 years, they ...

EARTH WIRE - Addressing crimes against wild plants and animals

Crimes against wild animals and plants need serious attention, as many plants and animals face the threat of ...

Earth Wire -- Poaching rate of Sumatran tiger remains alarming

The poaching of Sumatran tigers across the island of Sumatra for trading remains at an alarming rate, though the ...

Legal enforcement stepped up to combat forest fires

Riaus inhabitants have long yearned to lead a haze-free existence as they have reeled under the impacts of smoke ...

All-out fight against forest fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan

The Indonesian authorities had a fleeting sense of relief that there had been no haze from forest fires until early ...

Two orangutans released in Seruyan natural habitat

Two orangutans were released into the wild in Seruyan, Central Kalimantan, by the Orangutan Foundation International ...

Indonesia govt planning moratorium in new oil palm plantation

The government is planning moratorium policy of opening new oil palm plantation especially in forest areas to be ...

Rights violation cases in Papua to be settled definitively: Minister Pandjaitan

An Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Security and Legal Affairs, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said here on ...

public awareness of wildlife protection

Every effort must be made to raise public awareness of wildlife protection after many large mammals such as Sumatran ...

W Kalimantan Governor launches fire alertness village program

West Kalimantan Governor Cornelis launched a Fire Alertness Village program in Sungai Kelik village, Nanga Tayap ...

Floods submerge 3,238 houses in Langkat, North Sumatra

Some 3,238 houses in five sub-districts in Langkat District, North Sumatra Province, were flooded following incessant ...

S. Sumatra to maximize efforts to extinguish land fires

South Sumatra will maximize its efforts to put out forest and land fires by using the assistance of foreign aircraft, ...

Govt should identify main culprits of land fires and haze

The government needs to identify the main culprits behind the land fires and haze that have caused health problems and ...