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Government to revoke licenses of companies found burning land

The Indonesian government will revoke the licenses of plantation companies that have set fires to clear land, which ...

Riau calls for private companies to help fight wildfires

It certainly is no easy task to break the vicious cycle of annual forest, peat land and plantation fires, which have ...

Forest Preservation Crucial for Survival of Orang Rimba

Forest and Sumatras Orang Rimba tribe are inseparable, and they could not survive without each other. For the ...

Forest preservation, Orang Rimba survival should happen simultaneously: Solberg

The preservation of Jambi forest should go hand in hand with the survival of the Orang Jambi tribal community, ...

Indonesia should protect its agriculture sector

With some 60-70 percent of its 240 million population hailing from the farming community, Indonesia needs to protect ...

Indonesia to streamline foreign businesses on outer isles in 2015

Indonesia, which has so far encountered problems with its frontier areas both on land and the outer islands, will ...

CPO biodiesel to help lower state expenditure by US$2.43 bln

The use of crude palm oil (CPO) as biodiesel fuel can reduce the state expenditure by US$2.43 billion, according to ...

Yudhoyono`s call for mangrove protection goes unheard

President Yudhoyonos repeated calls for protecting mangroves in Indonesia seem to have fallen on deaf ears as their ...

Mangrove forests continue to decline every year

The mangrove forest areas in Indonesia continue to decline every year as the result of coastal reclamation and land ...

New oil reserve discovered in Riau: Governor

Governor of Riau Province Annas Maamun revealed on Monday that a new oil reserve, presumably the biggest in Riau, was ...

Papua needs more forest rangers

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

Indonesia must be economically independent: Dawam Rahardjo

Indonesia should work towards achieving economic independence, given that the country has a trade-dependent economy, ...

Maluku to Have Spice Museum

The province of Maluku, historically known as the Spice Islands, will soon have a spice museum, the first of its kind ...

Kadin asks research, technology ministry to study Riau`s haze

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has asked the Ministry of Research and Technology to study ...

Indonesia expected to lead in forest and ocean protection

To the surprises of some people, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior ...