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Saving remaining Sumatran tigers

Indonesia is one of the 13 countries in the world that have tigers living within their borders. India has the ...

Satellites detect 365 hotspots across Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites of NASA have detected a total of 365 hotspots across Sumatra Island on Wednesday ...

Number of hotspots in Sumatra significantly up, now 159

The number of hotspots across Sumatra Island has increased significantly to 159, from 92 the previous day. Of ...

Batan recommends Bangka Belitong as location for nuclear power plant

The National Atomic Energy Agency (Batan) has recommended the establishment of nuclear power plants (PLTN) in the ...

President urges businessmen, taxpayers to show patriotism

President Joko Widodo has urged businessmen and taxpayers in the country to show their patriotism by supporting all ...

President Jokowi orders expansion of small airports

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has issued a directive to expand small airports across Indonesia, starting 2017, to ...

23 hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

As many as 23 hotspots, with 50 percent indicating forest and plantation fires, were detected in five provinces across ...

Bengkulu promotes "corpse flower" Rafflesia Arnoldii to attract Arab tourists

The tourism industry in Bengkulu Province is promoting the biggest flower in the world Rafflesia Arnoldii as a unique ...

Moderate quake hits North Sulawesi

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale shook the northern part of Sulawesi island on Thursday night, ...

Magnitude-6.5 earthquake hits W. Sumatra

An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter Scale hit West Sumatra Province, on Thursday at 5:56 a.m. local time, ...

Bank Indonesia provides Rp160 trillion ahead of Lebaran

The Central Bank or Bank Indonesia (BI) has provided Rp160 trillion in cash in a bid to meet the liquidity needs ...

Indonesian govt launches Sail Karimata 2016

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Rizal Ramli launched the international maritime event of Sail Karimata ...

Four researchers study rafflesia bengkuluensis habitats in Bengkulu

Four researchers from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) are currently studying the habitat of rare and giant ...

Climatology agency detects 56 hotspots in Riau

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) station in Pekanbaru detected 56 wild fire hotspots in eight ...

Agency to restore over 800 thousand hectares of peatland areas

Two months after its establishment, the Indonesia Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has claimed that it is now ...