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Indonesia begins to tap carbon trading potential

Indonesia has begun exploring the potential of carbon trading since some 75-80 percent of the global carbon credit is ...

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Greenpeace campaigns on clean energy, alerts Jokowi's cabinet

At least a dozen environmental activists climbed atop the two main monuments in Jakarta on Wednesday, to unfurl a ...

Jakarta residents complain of rising temperatures

Many Jakarta residents have complained about the recent temperature reaching up to 37 degrees Celsius, prompting them ...

Indonesia makes concerted efforts to curb coal usage

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar acknowledged she had coordinated with Energy and Mineral Resources ...

Indonesia takes role in efforts to save the earth: Kalla

Indonesia plays an important role in saving the earth by contributing to carbon absorption and maintaining the rate of ...

Amazon co-founds The Climate Pledge, setting goal to meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early

- Today, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Global Optimism announced The Climate Pledge, a commitment to meet the Paris ...

Palangka Raya declares emergency over wildfires for 15 days

 Wildfires, waging for weeks on end, have compelled the Palangka Raya city government in Central Kalimantan to ...

Haze in Palangka Raya causes temporary closure of schools

The Palangka Raya Education Office in Central Kalimantan Province temporarily closed schools owing to haze arising from ...

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ASEAN should move faster for mitigation of peatland fires, haze

The 2016-signed financing agreement of "Sustainable Use of Peatland and Haze Mitigation" (SUPA) for climate ...

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Awaiting a brighter, certain future for Indonesia's forests

With Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No. 6 of 2017 on postponement of issuance of new licenses and improving ...

Ministry handles forest fires with a hotspot approach

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry was working on a system to prevent forest and land fires with a hotspot ...

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Indonesia pays serious attention to forest fires handling

Indonesia is bracing for devastating and more frequent forest fires, following the recurrence of bush and forest ...

Central Kalimantan needs helitanker to support aerial firefighting

The Kotawaringin Timur Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) needs a helitanker to back its efforts to extinguish wildfires ...

Tens of hectares of peatland in Mempawah ravaged by fire

Fire, in the last 72 hours, has burnt down over 80 hectares of peatland in Rasau Village, Sui Pinyuh Sub-district, ...

Forest fires seared through 30,477 thousand hectares area in July

Forest fires had consumed a total of 30,477 hectares of area as of July 2019, Agus Wibowo, spokesman of the National ...