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Billions of trees to be planted across Indonesia

Realizing that tree-planting can make a valuable contribution to the fight against global warming, the Forestry ...

Foreign students in Indonesia mostly Malaysians

Malaysian students are the majority among the total of 6,000 foreign students studying at universities in Indonesia. ...

Indonesian Youth launches plant one billion trees campaign

Indonesian National Youth Committee (KNPI) chairman Aziz Syamsuddin launched a Youth Movement to Plant One Billion ...

Batam designated as ASEAN batik trade center

The Trade Ministry has designated Batam city in Riau Islands province as an ASEAN Batik Trade Center, a local trade ...

Long-awaited decree on deforestation moratorium draws mixed responses from NGOs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally signed the long-awaited Presidential Instruction on deforestation ...

Winning bidders of three oil/gas blocks announced

The Indonesian government announced the three winning bidders for three oil and gas blocks auctioned through a regular ...

PSSI hopes to elect new chairman at upcoming congress

The Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) will hold a congress here on Friday (May 20, 2011) which is expected to ...

RI patrol catches six Vietnamese fishing boats

The patrol boat Hiu 010 of the Marine Affairs and Fisheries Ministry had been reported to catch six Vietnamese fishing ...

RI ready for nuclear technology : Observer

Indonesia is quite ready and able to develop nuclear technology and build a nuclear power plant which it needs to ...

Some 450 police officers to secure PSSI congress

As many as 450 police officers will be fielded to assure a smooth congress of the All Indonesia Football Association ...

WWF asks Riau to stop conflict between humans and elephabnts

The Riau World Wide Fund for Nature is trying to put an end to the conflict between humans and elephants (elephas ...

Legality verification system to protect RI timbers: Minister

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said the Timber Legality Verification System (SVLK) to be soon enacted by timber ...

Wild elephants block housing complex in Riau

A wild elephant and its two babies blocked a street in Cendana housing complex in Balai Raja vilage, Mandau ...

BKSDA team handling elephants blocking road

Riau`s Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has sent a team to Bala Raja town in Mandau subdistrict, ...

Indonesia, Singapore to develop BBK Free Trade Zone

The Indonesian and Singaporean governments cooperate in the development of Batam, Bintan and Karimun into an ...