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Indonesia, Malaysia hold joint commission in Kuala Lumpur

Indonesian Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, and her Malaysian counterpart, Dato` Saifuddin Abdullah, have agreed on ...

China lifting tiger bone ban feared to affect Sumatran tigers

China`s decision to reverse the 25-year ban on the trade of tiger bones and rhino horns has triggered an outcry from ...

Indonesia, Malaysia collaborate for conservation of Sumatran Rhinoceros

Indonesia and Malaysia are collaborating to conserve the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), a joint ...

Indonesia on rhino emergency status

Indonesia is in Rhino emergency status after this protected animal habitat declined to three from eight locations ...

Appeal to protect Leuser ecosystem

The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (TRHS) is prioritized after UNESCOs World Heritage Committees decision, in ...

NGO calls for firm action against illegal logging in Mt Leuser area

Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) has urged legal enforcers to take firm action against illegal logging ...

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 ...

EARTH WIRE -- Habitats of Sumatran animals continue to decline

The habitats of Sumatran animals, including elephants, tigers, and orangutans, continue to decline due to illegal ...

Promoting wildlife importance through Way Kambas Festival

The Way Kambas Festival in the district of East Lampung, Lampung Province, scheduled from November 11 to 13, 2016, ...

Transforming Way Kambas into leading tourist destination

East Lampung District Head Chusnunia Chalim has vowed to make the Way Kambas National Park (TNWK) a leading tourist ...

President names Sumatran rhino "Delilah"

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has named a female Sumatran baby rhinoceros "Delilah". The animal was born naturally on ...

Way Kambas Park designated as ASEAN Heritage Park

The Way Kambas National Park in Lampung Province, has been designated as the 36th ASEAN Heritage Park. The ...

Wildlife trafficking represents serious crime: Indonesian NGO

Illegal wildlife trade is a serious crime that according to the United Environment Program (UNEP) is similar to drug ...

Pindad sets target of selling Rp3 trillion in arms: Official

State-owned arms company PT Pindad has set a target of Rp3 trillion for selling its main weaponry systems and arms ...

Elephant hospital set up in Way Kambas Lampung

Indonesia has set up a special hospital at Way Kambas Park in Lampung, Sumatra, to treat the Sumatran elephant. ...