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News Focus - ITPC expected to promote sustainable peatland ecosystem management by Fardah Assegaf

Peatlands, which are natural areas of the accumulated decayed plant material known as peat, have huge importance as ...

RSPO strengthens protection of palm oil workers` rights

The non-profit Association of Palm Oil Industry Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) strengthens protection of ...

Wood survives in times of economic turmoil: Environment Minister

Environment and Forestry Affairs Minister (LHK) Siti Nurbaya Bakar said wood still survives in times of economic ...

Forestry businesses optimistic of increase in investment

The Indonesian Forest Entrepreneurs Association (APHI) is optimistic that investment in the forestry sector will ...

South Sumatra plans restoration of hundreds of hectares of peat land

Peat land restoration would cover around 594,231 hectares in South Sumatra this year to preserve the environment, a ...

Indonesia has int`l tropical peat center

As a country with very large peat-lands, Indonesia has become a reference for countries around the world on peat-land ...

World`s environment ministers attend meeting in Bali

Environment Ministers from various countries will attend the 4th Intergovermental Review Meeting on the Implementation ...

Indonesia outperforms Europe in peat restoration: German expert

Global peat expert from Griefswald Moor Centrum Germany Professor Hans Joosten stated that Indonesia has successfully ...

BRG claims less hot spots detected in intervened peatland

Indonesia`s Peat land Restoration Agency (BRG) has claimed that fewer hot spots were found in the peat land area under ...

BRG allocates rp2.3 billion for peatland restoration in Dumai

The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has allocated Rp2.3 billion (US$155 thousand) for the construction of ...

BMKG detects 150 hotspots in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites have detected 150 hotspots as an early indication of land and forest fires in Sumatra ...

South Kalimantan hopes for more rain to cope with forest fires

The people of South Kalimantan hope that rain would fall again to send away haze of smokes that begin to blanket some ...

Jokowi to revisit quake-devastated Lombok

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said he would visit Lombok in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Province to ensure that ...

Aalhi calls for tighter control of peat land restoration process

Non-governmental organization on environmental advocacy Walhi has urged the government to tighten control over peat ...

Asian Games 2018

Government stakes reputation on success of Asian Games

People would certainly not easily forget the big forest and bush fires ravaging five provinces of the country in 2015 ...