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Orangutans need immediate protection

The world celebrated International Orangutan Day on August 19 to recognize the great ape and to help encourage the ...

Panasonic Toughbook(TM) Brings Configuration Management Solution Nearer to Home

Panasonic, an industry leader in rugged, reliable mobile computers since 1996, today announced the launch of its new ...

Indonesia promoting eco-tourism to protect rainforests

Indonesia is promoting eco-tourism in numerous regions as one of the means of protecting its rainforests while helping ...

Southeast Asia's Melting Pot Just Got Hotter: Now You Can Yelp in Malaysia

- On a map, Malaysia looks like two open palms. To the west is peninsular Malaysia - the southernmost part of ...

$260 Bar of Chocolate Comes from Rare 19th Century Cacao Trees

Many people are wondering how To'ak Chocolate can charge $260 for a single bar of chocolate. New DNA tests confirm ...

Mount Tambora National Park Transformed Into New Ecotourism Destination

In 1816, Europe and North America experienced an unusual climatic phenomenon termed, "the year without a summer" due ...

AKOYA Oxygen Golfing Community Offers 20% Higher Investment Values

- Luxury real estate developer DAMAC Properties has revealed more details within AKOYA Oxygen, making it one of the ...

Environmental NGOs, Businessmen Criticize New Peatland Regulation

- It is crucial that peatlands in Indonesia are protected as they cover some 22 million hectares of land in the ...

Central Sulawesi Mining Activities Disturb Wildlife Habitat

Destructive mining practices have had a serious impact on the environment, ecosystems and wildlife habitat in ...

US, Indonesia cooperate to protect tropical forest

The United States government and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry launched a new rainforest standard for carbon ...

More botanical gardens are needed to reduce carbon emissions

Indonesia only has a few botanical gardens, but they are expected to contribute to a great extent towards conserving ...

RI part of global solution to climate change

In relation to mitigating the adverse impact of climate change, Indonesia has been implementing a number of proper ...

Routes Asia Officially Handed Over to Kuching for 2014

-     After a successful Routes Asia in Mumbai which saw over 700 hundred delegates in attendance, ...

Orangutans at Kutai National Park attract tourists

Kalimantan orangutans have attracted domestic and foreign tourists visiting Preveb at the Kutai National Park (TNK) in ...

Australian biologist gets the jump on new species of flying frog

An Australian biologist and Vietnamese colleagues have made a surprise discovery - a new species of flying frog ...