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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 ...

RI forest moratorium overlapping

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in May 2013 extended the country`s forest moratorium but it was ...

Greenpeace asks Indonesia to carry out forest moratorium

Greenpeace Indonesia has asked the government to firmly carry out its commitment of forest moratorium because ...

Malaysian firms suspected to have sent haze home

Tens of companies have allegedly practiced slash-and-burns to open plantations in Sumatra`s Riau, causing forest fires ...

When haze attacks three countries, cooperation needed

Haze knows no border. In this current dry season with extreme hot weather, Sumatra is being hit by forest, peatland ...

Hotspots show weaknesses of Indonesia`s forest moratorium: Greenpeace

Greenpeace said Thursday half of the hotspots detected on June 11-18, whose smoke travelled to Singapore and Malaysia ...

Pekanbaru`s airport shut down due to thick haze

Sultan Syarif Kasim (SSK) II Airport in Pekanbaru was shut down temporarily, from 8 to 9 am local time, due to thick ...

Indonesia expected to lead in forest and ocean protection

To the surprises of some people, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited the Greenpeace ship, the Rainbow Warrior ...

President Yudhoyono praised for Indonesia`s commitment to environment

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was fast in taking decision on Indonesia`s commitment to the climate change during ...

Indonesian state-owned companies urged to expand to Philippines

Indonesia`s state enterprises minister Dahlan Iskan has called on state-owned companies to expand to the Philippines ...

PTPN VIII to convert tea plantations coverted into fruits plantations

State-owned plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) VIII plans to convert its tea plantations into fruits ...

Indonesia Launches Forest Governance Index To Strengthen REDD+

As the two-year moratorium on deforestation faces expire, Indonesia has launched its first forest governance index to ...

Indonesia urged to extend, strengthen moratorium on deforestation

A number of non-governmental organizations have urged the Indonesian government to extend two-year moratorium on ...

Sebatik Island has potential for palm oil investment

Sebatik Island in Nunukan District, North Kalimantan, has the potential for investors to develop palm oil processing ...

Govt should collect data on damaged forest areas

Director of the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance Enny Sri Hartati suggested the government collect ...