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Hazei n Dumai could claim lives

Health authorities in Dumai have warned the public that the air quality in the region has deteriorated due to haze ...

Climate change adversely affects fishermen

The climate change has adversely affected the income of fishermen, especially those operating along 50 meters from ...

Haze affecting Dumai residents` respiratory health

Residents of Dumai city, Riau Province, have begun to suffer from respiratory problems due to haze produced by forest ...

RI, US sign agreement on environmental protection

The Indonesian Environment Ministry and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday signed a Memorandum of ...

Peru protesters shut airport after deadly clash

Thousands of protesters opposed to mining and energy projects in southern Peru took over a commercial airport on ...

Indonesia, PNG discuss border issues in Batam

The governments of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) discussed border issues during a Joint Border Committee ...

RI`s claim to damages over oil spill facing dead end

Indonesia`s efforts to seek US$2.4 billion in damages from a Thai oil drilling company for an oil spill in the Timor ...

UNEP-WMO assessment complements urgent action needed to cut CO2 emissions

Fast action on pollutants such as black carbon, ground level ozone and methane may help limit near term global ...

Tin Mining Activity Threatening Bangka Island`s Tourism

The landscapes in many parts of Bangka island can now be best described as barren wastelands due to unbridled tin ...

Papua`s University striving to produce renewable-energy-conscious graduates B

Cendrawasih University (locally known as Uncen) , particularly the Faculty of Engineering, has been intensifying a ...

Moratorium "important political shift" but not enough

Greenpeace Southeast Asia has hailed the recently signed Presidential Instruction on Deforestation Moratorium as "an ...

PLN to call tender for Java-Sumatra transmission line

State power utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) is planning to call a tender for the construction of a ...

RI in no hurry to build nuclear power plant

The leaking of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant following the powerful earthquake in Japan last March 2011 ...

Indonesia must find safest site for nuclear power plant: METI

Indonesia needs to learn from the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident and find the safest site for its future ...

Govt urged to reject company that polluted Timor Sea

The central government must reject the planned presence of PTTEP Australasia in Timor Sea, a local marine observer ...