#protected forest

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BOS releases 12 orangutans to natural habitat

The Borneo Orangutan Foundation (BOS) has released 12 orangutans from its rehabilitation center in Nyaru Menteng to ...

Five Rafflesia arnoldii to bloom in Seluma, Bengkulu

Five Rafflesia arnoldii flowers are going to bloom soon and two others are in full bloom currently in a forest located ...

Jambi police question expert witness in protected forest fire

The Jambi provincial police has questioned an expert witness to complete the dossiers of three people suspected of ...

20 orangutans released into protected forest in Central Kalimantan

The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation has once again released 20 orangutans - 13 female and seven male - into ...

Aceh to build 700 kilometer road in interior districts

Aceh will build a 700 kilometer long road in the interior districts of the province to cost around Rp2.5 trillion. ...

Two Rafflesia flowers in bloom in Bengkulu

Two Rafflesia Arnoldi flowers are in bloom in the Central Bengkulu and Kepahiang forest areas of Bengkulu Province. ...

Indonesia needs to increase number of its forest rangers

Indonesia needs to increase the number of its forest rangers and forest technicians in the field to prevent rare ...

South East Asian youth join clean river campaign

A number of youth from several Southeast Asian countries joined "Our Rivers Our Life" (OROL) campaign to promote ...

Three fire hot spots detected in Tabalong, Kalimantan

A satellite of the National oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has detected three hot spots from forest ...

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 ...

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 ...

Budget for 800-meter bridge project approved

A budget of Rp1.6 trillion for a 800-meter bridge to be built in Pulau Balang, East Kalimantan, has been approved. ...

Stop Aceh city planning amid fear of environmental damage

Coalition of NGOs in Aceh province here on Wednesday launched a petition at www.change.org urging the local government ...

Forest conversion to mining decreases anoa population

The conversion of forest areas has threatened the population of anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) and other endangered ...