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UNESCO to consider Bali`s World Heritage nominees in 2012

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will consider four sites proposed by ...

Floods damage 540 houses in Donggala, C Sulawesi

Floods damaged around 540 houses at seven villages in South Banawa Sub-district, Donggala District, Central Sulawesi ...

news focus: govt to rehabilitate critically degraded lakes

Hundreds of lakes or reservoirs which are vital to human life in Indonesia are now in bad or even critical condition ...

UNESCO checking world cultural heritage site candidates in Bali

A UNESCO team is currently on a five-day visit in Bali, from October 13 to 17, 2011, to check four sites proposed by ...

Forestry ministry to plant 1.5 billion trees in 2011

The forestry ministry has set itself the target of planting 1.5 billion trees this year to rehabilitate degraded ...

Brazil considers protection for environmental activists

Brazilian authorities will consider providing special protection to environmental activists who receive death threats, ...

Brazil creates office to fight deforestation

Brazil on Wednesday announced the creation of an emergency task force to fight against the deforestation of the ...

Minister calls on public to support six priority forestry policies

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan has called on all elements of society to help make the implementation of its main ...

Oil palm plantations not reducing Lake Sentarum fishermen`s income

The Kapuas Hulu district head in West Kalimantan has denied that the oil palm extensification program had a bad effect ...

Forestry ministry to hold workshop on climate change research

The forestry ministry is to organize a workshop on public communication on the results of climate change research at ...