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Foreign teams commence operations to extinguish fires

Teams from foreign countries began operations to extinguish the fires in South Sumatra. "Today, teams from ...

S. Ssumatra`s peatlands attracting global attention: Governor

The peatlands in South Sumatra are now drawing global attention to initiate the restoration process, according to ...

Construction work for railway projects outside Java to start soon

President Joko Widodo has pledged that the government will soon start the construction of railway projects outside ...

President to review licenses of companies converting peatlands

President Joko Widodo has said he will review the licenses of companies that have converted peatlands into monoculture ...

Indonesia finalizes forest reference emission levels

The Managing Body for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (BP REDD+) is familiarizing all ...

President Jokowi to visit Riau to assess forest fire situation

The acting governor of Riau, Arsyadjuliandi Rachman, said that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is scheduled to visit ...

President Jokowi should take action against forest fire perpetrators

Forest fires and haze on the islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan continue to create trouble for Indonesia despite the ...

REDD+ expected to preserve forests, empower local coomunities

To address the challenge of climate change, Indonesia has been implementing the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ...

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 ...

Indonesia Plays Dual Roles in Climate Change Issues

As an archipelagic country with vast forests and maritime areas, Indonesia is unique as it is most vulnerable to the ...

Indonesia`s rain forest agency set to be in full swing

A new agency to protect Indonesias rainforests is ready to begin work to implement a first of its kind environmental ...

West Aceh shrouded in smoke after peatland fire

West Aceh District of Aceh Province is shrouded in smoke after peatlands in the region caught fire due to illegal land ...

Indonesia launches all-out fight against forest fires

As haze coming from forest, plantation and peatland fires has affected thousands of lives of people in Sumatra as ...

Moratorium Extension Needed For Better Forest Governance

A tag of war between environmental groups and forest industrialists have resumed as Indonesia`s regulation on a ...