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Environmental NGOs, Businessmen Criticize New Peatland Regulation

- It is crucial that peatlands in Indonesia are protected as they cover some 22 million hectares of land in the ...

Indonesia needs law on climate change: Walhi

The environmental non-government organization Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (Walhi) has urged the government to ...

Indonesian haze begins escalating to neighboring countries

At least eight provinces in Indonesia currently have an increasing number of hotspots producing smoke from forest and ...

Government criticized for allowing foreign NGOs operating in Indonesia

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has made a mistake in 10 years of his administration by allowing foreign non ...

C. Kalimantan launches 10 green schools to support REDD+

The Managing Agency of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD+) has launched 10 ...

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 ...

Global warming affect most of Indonesian area: Forestry minister

Indonesia is considered as one of the developing countries that is worst affected by global warming, because Indonesia ...

Drought likely to trigger forest fires in Riau province

The Riau Province is currently experiencing a drought, which has the potential to trigger forest, peat land, and ...

Participatory approach needed to overcome haze

Indonesia needs to take a participatory approach where the central government, local administrations, non-governmental ...

Number of hotspots in Riau increases

The number of forest fire hotspots in Riau Province increased to 45 on Monday, from 10 the previous day, according to ...

Riau forest fires claim three lives

The forest, plantation and peat-soil fires razing in Riau Province over the past two months, have claimed three ...

1.6 million liters water dropped over Riau to extinguish fire

Special task force in Riau has dropped 1.6 million liters of water over the area to extinguish forest fires there, ...

President supervises fire extinguishing efforts in Riau

President Yudhoyono led a roll call of the integrated haze disaster emergency response task force, at the Roesman ...

Riau police names 65 suspects on deliberate land fire case

The Riau police has named 65 suspects on deliberate land fire case that has caused severe air pollution there since ...

President calls for heavier punishment for arsonists

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called for heavier punishment for those who deliberately lit fires in forest, ...