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Wetlands support biodiversity conservation: Ministry

The Environment and Forestry Ministry stated that wetlands play an important role in supporting biodiversity ...

S Kalimantan's Sultan Adam Forest housing over 100 rare orchids

The South Kalimantan Forestry Office is conserving at least 110 species of orchids at the Sultan Adam Forest Park in ...

Rare corpse flower blooms ex-situ in Bogor Botanical Garden

Corpse flower Rafflesia arnoldii R. Br., also known as the giant lotus, has bloomed in the Bogor Botanical Garden, ...

Javan rhino becomes logo, mascot for World Junior Championship 2022

The Javan rhinoceros has become the logo and mascot for the World Junior Wushu Championship (WJWC) 2022 scheduled to be ...

Minister plants jackfruit trees in Yogyakarta special forest

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar and Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security ...

Developing tourism destinations through digital financing

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has restricted people's mobility, has impacted the tourism sector's sustainability ...

Thousands of sea turtles released into Indian Ocean, North Sumatra

Turtle conservation activists in North Sumatra's South Tapanuli District released thousands of sea turtles into the ...

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Increasing awareness of environmental preservation among millennials

With Indonesia observing National Flora and Fauna Day on November 5, 2019, the millennial generation has become the ...

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Saving Julia and Cykita

Three years ago, Julia had just given birth to her baby Cykita, when a team of conservationists in South Kalimantan ...

Siberia birds will no longer migrate to Sembilang Park: Walhi

Siberia birds will no longer migrate to the Berbak-Sembilang National Park, Banyuasin, South Sumatra, if the government ...

Jakarta is home to at least 129 bird species: JBS

At least 129 bird species exist in the wilderness of Jakarta's area, according to the Jakarta Birdwatcher Society ...

Apusan forest's illegal logging is death warrant for rare animals

Extensive illegal logging in the Apusan preserved forest, Tambakrejo Village, Malang, endangers the existence of rare ...

One million hectares of oil palm plantation illegal in Riau

Around one million hectares of oil palm plantations are illegal in Riau, Director General of Ecosystem and Natural ...

EARTH WIRE -- Environmental NGOs write to UNESCO highlighting threat to Leuser Ecosystem

An environmental NGO consortium has sent a letter to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

Police foils attempt to trade 20 endangered eagles in Lampung

The Lampung police foiled an attempt to trade 20 black-winged kites, a rare species of eagles, in Bandarlampung. ...