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Fires raze 200 hectares of forest area in C. Java

Fires have razed a total of 200 hectares of forest area in the current dry season in Central Java, a provincial ...

Malaysia deports 304 RI migrant workers

The Malaysian government on Thursday deported 304 problematic Indonesian migrant workers from Pasir Gudang in Johor ...

Greenpeace calls for protection of sumatran forest to save tigers

On the eighth day of the Greenpeace "Tiger Eyes" tour, five Greenpeace activists arrived in the area around the ...

Sumatran tiger population now only 400 : Greenpeace

The tiger population in the wild in Sumatra is believed to have dwindled to only 400 heads due to illegal logging in ...

WWF, Greenpeace Indonesia save Sumatran tigers and elephants

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is cooperating with Greenpeace in saving the Sumatran tigers ("Panthera tigris ...

Vietnamese tanker detained over rice smuggling attempt

The skipper and 24 crew of MV Golden Falcon, a tanker from Vietnam, are being detained here in connection with a rice ...

Medco intends to acquire Exxon block in Aceh

PT Medco E&P Indonesia intends to acquire two oil blocks in Aceh namely Block B and North Sumatra Offshore offered ...

Medco intends to acquire Exxon block in Aceh

PT Medco E&P Indonesia intends to acquire two oil blocks in Aceh namely Block B and North Sumatra Offshore offered ...

PT Semen Gresik to acquire coal mine

Cement producer PT Semen Gresik Tbk. (SMGR) is conducting a feasibility study with regard to its plan to acquire a ...

Greenpeace launches save tigers` home tour in Sumatra

Greenpeace recently launched a "Save Tigers` Home" Tour in Sumatra with a cultural blessing ceremony from the local ...

Aceh police nab four suspected Malacca Strait pirates

Police in Aceh have arrested four men suspected of having committed piracy against ships passing through the Malacca ...

New Report: Indonesian Forest Industry Employment Hits 3.7 million

-         New report shows forest-based industries are a major contributor to ...

RI forest industry`s employment hits 3.7 million

A new report by consultancy ITS Global has found that Indonesia`s forest-based industries including timber ...

Eighteen Myanmarese illegal immigrants nabbed in Bintan

A total of 18 illegal immigrants from Myanmar were arrested police in Bintan district, Riau Islands province, on ...

Twenty-three Myanmarese apply for asylum seeker status

Twenty-three Myanmarese have applied for asylum seeker status to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees ...