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RI to receive US$103.78-million GCF fund for lowering gas emissions

approved US$103.78 million of funding for Indonesia to acknowledge its achievement, the minister stated here on ...

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Government links food security to national defense

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has cautioned that the COVID-19 pandemic is posing a serious threat to food ...

Defense minister also tasked with enhancing food resilience: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has justified his decision to task Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto with leading the ...

NLPSF researcher cautiously supports Indonesia's food-estate program

A senior researcher of the Palangka Raya University's Natural Laboratory of Peat Swamp Forest (NLPSF) suggested ...

Jokowi reminds aides of carbon emission reduction target in 2020

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has jogged his aides’ memory on Indonesia's target to lower greenhouse gas ...

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COVID-19 adding to challenge posed by forest fires

With Indonesia still in the grip of the coronavirus, which is known to cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), ...

Government sees dramatic increase in forest fires in Aug-Sep

Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, said the Indonesian government is anticipating a potential ...

Exposure to forest, land fire smoke worsens COVID-19 risk: Monardo

COVID-19 Handling Acceleration Task Force Chief Doni Monardo cautioned that heavy smoke from forest and land fires, ...

Sustainable peatland management crucial in preventing fires: President

President Joko Widodo appealed to ministries and related institutions to ensure sustainability and consistency in ...

Germany assists Indonesia's peat protection, management

Germany, through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, allocated a three-million ...

Ministry to commence food estate development project in 2020-2022

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry has set a target to revive 165 thousand hectares of land as a food ...

Dayak community decides to forego harvest feast over pandemic

The Dayak community of Serimbang Village in Landak District, West Kalimantan, decided to cancel a feast typically held ...

Women of West Kalimantan's peatland villages produce 10,000 masks

Women members of the Peat Care Villages (DPGs) in West Kalimantan successfully produced 10 thousand cloth masks that ...

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COVID-19 deals crushing blow to MSMEs

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has not just attacked people, but also indirectly battered the Indonesian ...

In Sumatra, villagers switch from weaving mats to producing masks

Villagers in Ogan Komering Ilir District (OKI) of South Sumatra Province have switched from weaving mats to producing ...