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President bans permits for peatland cultivation

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the ban on the issuance of new licenses for cultivation on peatland was intended ...

Indonesia discusses efforts to prevent forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and officers discussed efforts to prevent forest fires in Indonesia in 2016, including ...

Peatland Restoration Agency established to prevent forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), under Presidential Regulation No. 1 of 2016, dated January 6, 2016, has established a ...

Indonesia to restore damaged peat lands in five years

Indonesia expects to restore two million hectares of peat lands, damaged by fires last year, within the next five ...

President announces establishment of peatland restoration agency

President Joko Widodo announced the establishment of a peat agency at the Merdeka Palace here on Wednesday to restore ...

Environment ministry to establish peat land restoration agency

The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry will establish a Peatland Restoration Agency for land conservation ...

EU supports peatland recovery

The European Union will support Indonesia in recovering and managing the peat land that had burnt by providing Rp300 ...

RI involves informal negotiators at climate change meet

The Indonesian government is involving several informal negotiators, including diplomats and religious figures, to ...

Jokowi optimistic about developed nations` support to handle environmental issues

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is convinced that developed nations will assist Indonesia in reducing global warming ...

Norway pledges support for Indonesia's green economic development program

The government of Norway and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) pledged to support Indonesia's program of green ...

RI seeking to form peat ecosystem body before climate meet

Indonesia is seeking to set up a Peatland Ecosystem Restoration Body after the peatlands in Sumatra and Kalimantan ...

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 ...

Indonesia Committed to Increasing Coverage of Clean Water Supply

The Indonesian government, as one of the signatory countries of The Millennium Declaration, is committed to achieving ...