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Agency to restore over 800 thousand hectares of peatland areas

Two months after its establishment, the Indonesia Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has claimed that it is now ...

Govt asked to be more open to peatland management

Chairman of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) Irman Gusman said the government should be more open to peatland ...

Indonesia empowers communities to prevent forest fires

The traumatic experiences due to forest fires and the consequent haze disaster are still fresh in the minds of ...

Indonesia environment ministry detects 370-500 hotspots in Papua

Environmental Affairs and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya has said her ministrys team found some 370 to 500 hotspots of ...

CIFOR supports new peatland restoration agency to prevent forest fires

The newly established Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) should be supported in its efforts to restore peatland areas ...

Indonesia searches for a better peat mapping method

The Indonesian government, through the Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) and with the support of David and Lucile ...

Establishment of Indonesia`s Peatland Restoration Agency lauded

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) installed Nazir Foead, former conservation director at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), ...

Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced heavy rainy season

Indonesia was hit hard by the El Nino weather phenomenon last year and has been described by experts as one of the ...

President installs "KEIN" management board

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated the board of management of the Economic Committee and National Industry ...

KEIN asked to pay attention to creative economy

Jakarta (ANTARA News) A legislator has called on the newly established National Industry and Economic Committee (KEIN) ...

KEIN expected to provide inputs on industrial development: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the establishment of the National Industry and Economic Committee (KEIN) is ...

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 ...

Greenpeace hails establishment of Peatland Restoration Agency

Greenpeace has hailed the governments decision to establish a Peatland Restoration Agency and the appointment of ...

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 ...

RI serious about handling damage to peatland: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stressed that Indonesia is serious about handling the damage to the countrys ...