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W. Kalimantan`s district of landak has 300,000-hectare forest

Landak district, West Kalimantan province, has 300,000 hectares of forest or 30 percent of the whole area of the ...

RI, Brunei discuss cooperation in agriculture, forestry sectors

Representatives from Indonesia and Brunei Darussalam on Monday discussed future cooperation in the agriculture and ...

NOAA satellite detects seven hotspots in Hulu Sungai Tengah

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)`s satellite detected seven hotspots in Hulu Sungai ...

Haze comes back in Sumatra and Kalimantan

Haze has come back on Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands over the past few weeks, affecting the environment, the local ...

Fire destroys hectares of peat forest in Riau

Tens of hectares of peat land have been gutted by fire at Medang Kampai, Dumai, Riau Province, over the past six ...

World Environment Day focuses on forests

The government organized an Indonesian Environment Week expo in Jakarta June 1-5 to mark World Environment Day (WED) ...

Greenomics questions moratorium map`s accuracy

Greenomics Indonesia has questioned the accuracy of the Indicative Map attached in the Presidential Instruction No. ...

Germany assists RI in forest, climate change program

Germany has committed to assisting the Indonesian government in the Forest and Climate Change program (ForClime). ...

Australia showcases its commitment to greener future in Indonesia

The Australian Government`s commitment to supporting Indonesia in addressing climate change is being showcased in ...

RI`s forest cutting moratorium begins gaining int`l acclaim

The recently introduced moratorium on forest conversions has begun winning international acclaim with Norway ...

Moratorium "important political shift" but not enough

Greenpeace Southeast Asia has hailed the recently signed Presidential Instruction on Deforestation Moratorium as "an ...

Long-awaited decree on deforestation moratorium draws mixed responses from NGOs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally signed the long-awaited Presidential Instruction on deforestation ...

Four kinds of exceptions to apply in forest clearing moratorium

The government is to make four kinds of exceptions in the implementation of Presidential Instruction No. 10/2011 on ...

Presidential regulation on forest clearing moratorium signed

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has already signed a presidential regulation that imposes a moratorium on forest ...

Agency to take firm action against Rokan Hilir forest arsonists

The Rokan Hilir Environmental Impact Control Agency (Bapedal) plans to take firm action against people who have caused ...