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Moratorium "important political shift" but not enough

Greenpeace Southeast Asia has hailed the recently signed Presidential Instruction on Deforestation Moratorium as "an ...

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 ...

Ancient furry mammals had big brains for smell

Skull scans on two of the oldest known mammal species have shown their brains were large and well-developed in areas ...

National park, private firm to conserve Java rhinos

The Ujung Kulon National Park (TNUK) and private company Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) inked a partnership program here ...

World`s oldest panda, 34, dies in China

Ming Ming, the world`s oldest panda, has died of old age, Chinese state media reported Tuesday. She was 34. Ming ...

Over 22,570 visit Bogor Botanical Garden on Vesak Day

As many as 22,576 visitors came to Bogor Botanical Garden, West Java province, three days before the Vesak day (May ...

Coral reef destruction spells humanitarian disaster

The large-scale destruction of coral reefs and their habitats along coasts will hamper the regeneration of their fish ...

CTI countries renew talks on world largest coral reefs

Local authorities of six countries grouped in the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) began four days of talks at ...

Turtle poaching still rampant on Enggano Island

Turtle poaching and illegal trading are still rampant on Enggano island North Bengkulu District, Bengkulu Province, ...

Nine new marine species found in Bali waters

Conservation International (CI) in Indonesia and its local partners have found nine new coral fish and one coral ...

Unep: loss of natural habitats threatens migratory birds

The annual migration of an estimated 50 billion birds representing around 19 per cent of the world`s 10,000 bird ...

Sumatran tigers on brink of extinction

The Sumatran Tiger (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae) in Bengkulu province is on the brink of extinction due human activities ...

Scientists to search great barrier reef for new species

A team comprising Japanese and Australian researchers headed to the Osprey Reef of Queensland of Australia on Sunday ...

Rabies cases increasing in various RI regions

Several parts of Indonesia are running the latent risk of a rabies outbreak but the past few months have seen a sharp ...

RI forests under heavy pressure: NGO

Indonesia`s forests are under heavy pressure due to illegal logging, encroachment and land conversion activities that ...