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Millions of hectares of forest in Indonesia damaged

The National Environment Association reported that at least 57 million hectares of forest in Indonesia up to 2013 have ...

Riau`s two million hectares of oil palm plantation illegal: Minister

Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan has urged the Riau Province Administration not to issue additional permit for oil ...

Papua needs more forest rangers

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

North Sumatra`s earning from black tea exports growing

North Sumatra has recorded growing black tea export earning in the first four months of the year compared with the ...

Communal conflicts not affecting plantation development in Papua

Conflicts between two tribal groups in the district of Mimika, Papua, did not hamper development of oil palm ...

Sumatran tiger rescued from trap undergoes leg amputation

A Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), earlier rescued after becoming entangled in a sling snare trap in ...

Sumatran tiger rescued from trap may undergo leg amputation

A Sumatran tiger (Phantera tigris sumatrae) may have one of his legs amputated due to infection after being entangled ...

Haze disrupts oil palm production in Riau

Haze from the ongoing forest fires in the Riau province had disrupted the harvest of oil palm fruits, a local farmer ...

Haze reduces visibility in Pekanbaru to 50 to 70 meters

Haze from forest and plantation fires reduced the visibility in Pekanbaru to around 50 and 70 meters on Sunday. ...

Racing against time to save Riau`s biosphere reserve from fires

Sumatras Riau Province is badly hit by forest and plantations fires, and the largest number of the hotspots detected ...

Bangladeshi illegal immigrants arrested in Riau

Riau police arrested Eight Bangladeshi nationals, alleged to be illegal immigrants, in Bengkalis district, according ...

10 people named as suspects in Riau`s forested land fires

The Environment Ministry has named 10 people charged with setting fire to forested land in Riau Province last year. ...

Indonesia dominates world`s palm oil market

Growing demand for Indonesias palm oil and its domination of the world market was an attracting topic in a ...

Sumatran elephants run amok in Riau`s oil palm plantation

A herd of Sumatran elephants ran amok in an oil palm plantation in Minas, Riau Province, seriously injuring one worker ...

Moratorium Extension Needed For Better Forest Governance

A tag of war between environmental groups and forest industrialists have resumed as Indonesia`s regulation on a ...