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Younger generation plays important role in green economics programs

Around 1,200 young people from over 100 countries participating in the UNEP Tunza International Children and Youth ...

Eight dead, more missing in Bangladesh boat sinking

At least eight people have died and more are feared missing after a boat packed with over 100 people sank in ...

news focus: No need to worry about this year`s drought

The current drought which had caused water crises and affected 95,891 hectares of rice fields in the country is ...

Trash bank empowers people at grassroots level

Trash bank as part of efforts to overcome ubiquitous problem in Indonesia is also able to empower the people`s economy ...

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 ...

Forests, coral reefs in Sulawesi, Maluku, Papua damaged the worst

Data from the Eco-region Management Center of Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua, show that forests and coral reefs in the ...

Chavez says capitalism may have destroyed life on Mars

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said life probably existed on the Red Planet, but was destroyed by capitalism and ...

Merapi cold lava again smashes villages

Cold lava streaming down Mount Merapi slopes through a steam on Saturday night smashed and engulfed houses up to more ...

Six rivers in Gorontalo polluted

Six big rivers in Gorontalo province had been polluted and dangerous for water consumption due to contamination of ...

Warning of not climbing Mt Merapi`s peak ignored

Tens of Indonesians and foreigners have ignored the warning of not climbing the peak of Mount Merapi for their own ...

Indonesian brotherhood in Brisbane glood

Several hundred Indonesians, tens of thousands of Australians and a number of other foreign nationals in Brisbane and ...

Brazil flood deaths rise to 369; rescuers struggle

Rescue workers struggled on Thursday to reach areas cut off by floods and landslides that have killed at least 356 ...

Torrential rains kill 10: Sao Paolo officials

Torrential rains killed at least 10 people in Sao Paulo overnight, adding to a wet-season death toll in Brazil`s ...

Mt Merapi lava flows cover village roads

Mount Merapi`s cold lava floods that have been occurring since Sunday evening have turned roads in Sirahan village, ...

Volunteers deployed to cold lava zone

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has deployed 20 rescue workers to evacuate the victims of Mount Merapi cold lava floods ...