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Oil palm plantations replace mangrove forests on Sembilan island

Hundreds of hectares of mangrove forests on Sembilan island in Pangkalan Susu district, North Sumatra province, have ...

RI`s 112 bird species threatened by shrinking habitats

Out Of a total of 1,594 bird species existing in Indonesia, 112 are on the brink of extinction and included in the ...

Task force chief: only few aware of REDD

Chief of the REDD Plus Task Force Kuntoro Mangkusubroto has said only few people were aware of REDD (Reducing Emission ...

REDD implementation challenged by industry lobbyists

The implementation of REDD Plus (Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) has often faced ...

Mt Merapi`s cold lava floods paralyze village roads

Mount Merapi`s cold lava floods had paralyzed access roads linking Jarak Kidul hamlet and Sepi hamlet in Jrakah ...

120 Indonesian migrant workers sent to Malaysia

At least 120 prospective Indonesian migrant workers from West Nusa Tenggara will be sent to Malaysia for working in ...

Some 13,336 migrant workers return in 2010

Some 13,336 migrant workers had been sent home to Indonesia in 2010, the North Sumatra Workers Placement and ...

Oil palm, mining wastes biggest polluters in 2010

Wastes from oil palm plantations and mining operations were the greatest polluters of the environmet in 2010, the ...

Five of Indonesia`s great lakes polluted in 2010, Walhi

Five big lakes in Indonesia were in 2010 polluted by pollutants from mining activity and oil palm plantations, an ...