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Academicians call for review of regulation on peat lands

Academicians from the Peat Plantation and Village Research Center of the Riau University Dr Zaimi called for the ...

EARTH WIRE -- Indonesia strongly rejects European Parliament`s allegations

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya said Indonesia rejects European Parliaments allegations against ...

Task force of forest fire prevention extinguishes land fires

A task force of forest fire prevention workers in Riau province has managed to extinguish the land fires which ...

EARTH WIRE -- Bonn Challenge to discuss water channels in plantation areas

Indonesia will host the Bonn Challenge in the South Sumatran city of Palembang to discuss water channel problems on ...

President highlights four actions for peat land restoration

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has highlighted four actions to restore the peat land in the regions outlined as ...

EARTH WIRE -- Peatland restoration helps prevent forest fires

Set up nearly a year ago, Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has wasted no time in protecting and restoring peatlands ...

EARTH WIRE -- BRG to restore 2.4 million hectares of damaged peat lands

Indonesias Peat Land Restoration Agency (BRG) said it hoped to restore 2.4 million hectares of damaged peat lands ...

EARTH WIRE -- Indonesian govt imposes moratorium on land clearing of peatland

Indonesia, through its new government regulation (PP) No. 57/2016 on the revision of PP No. 71/2014 on Peat Ecosystem ...

Stalled electricity projects disadvantage people

Indonesias state-owned electricity company PLNs Regional Director for Kalimantan, Djoko Rahardjo Abumanan, said the ...

Australia, Indonesia help farmers to overcome climate change

Australia is working together with Indonesian forestry and agriculture industries to prevent forest and peat fires as ...

PLN to resume work on 17 stalled power projects

Indonesias state power firm PT PLN (Persero) would resume work at 17 of the 34 power plant development projects that ...

Russian investor to build fish processing plants in Indonesia

A Russian investor, Blackspace, will invest in the construction of cold storage facilities, ice factories and fishery ...

VP urges environment forestry ministry to familiarize people with peatland restoration

Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla has instructed the Environment and Forestry Ministry to familiarize all sections ...

Government prepares economic package for peat restoration

The Indonesian government is preparing a special economic policy containing investment packages specially aimed at ...

Indonesia, PNG to strengthen cooperation for welfare of region

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has held a meeting with her counterpart from Papua New Guinea, in which they ...