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310 hectares of rice fields inundated in Langkat, North Sumatra

Rice fields measuring a total of 310 hectares were flooded in the sub-districts of Sei Lepan and Babalan, Langkat ...

Peatland Restoration Agency established to prevent forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), under Presidential Regulation No. 1 of 2016, dated January 6, 2016, has established a ...

Support palm oil industry to bring more forex earnings: Minister Sulaiman

The palm oil industry must be supported as it produces a strategic commodity, which can bring significant foreign ...

Papua needs more forest rangers

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

RI govt urged to protect orangutans against palm oil plantation companies

The Center for Orangutan Protection (COP) has urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to instruct the Forestry ...

Papua`s forests facing serious threat: Greenpeace

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

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 ...

RI`s forest cutting moratorium begins gaining int`l acclaim

The recently introduced moratorium on forest conversions has begun winning international acclaim with Norway ...

WWF asks Riau to stop conflict between humans and elephabnts

The Riau World Wide Fund for Nature is trying to put an end to the conflict between humans and elephants (elephas ...

Minister: Palmoil, rubber, promising commodities

State Enterprises Minister Mustafa Abubakar said palm oil and rubber commodities are promising and therefore he called ...