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Spatial planning key to mitigate disasters, gov't says

The Coordinating Ministry for Infrastructure and Regional Development said that spatial planning is the key to ...

Indonesia probes 12 firms over deadly Sumatra floods

Indonesia’s Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni said Thursday that authorities have identified 12 companies ...

Govt forms task force to trace flood-swept timber origin in Sumatra

Indonesia’s Forestry Ministry and the National Police have formed a joint task force to investigate timber ...

West Sumatra races to build emergency road as death toll rises

West Sumatra Governor Mahyeldi said the National Road Implementation Agency will build an emergency road within two ...

Finance Minister ready to cover emergency funds for Sumatra floods

Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa conveyed his readiness to release emergency funds to address flash floods and ...

Minister urges better forest management following Sumatra floods

Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni said the floods and landslides in several parts of Sumatra should serve as a turning ...

West Sumatra flood: Thermal drones aid search for dozens missing

The West Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has deployed a thermal drone to assist in the search for ...

Tiger cub rescued in West Sumatra after being trapped in snare

West Sumatra authorities rescued a Sumatran tiger cub (Panthera tigris sumatrae) caught in a pig trap on farmland in ...

Indonesia reclaims encroached forest in Bengkulu’s elephant habitat

Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry has reclaimed 2,390 hectares of encroached forest land in the Seblat Landscape, ...

Riau monitors elephant movements with GPS tracking

The Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BBKSDA) has taken a significant step in conservation efforts by fitting ...

Indonesia reaffirms leadership in nature-based climate solutions

Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni has reaffirmed Indonesia’s commitment to leading the implementation of ...

Ministry strengthens forest instructors role in elephant conservation

The Forestry Ministry is strengthening the role of forestry instructors to support Peusangan Elephant Conservation ...

Indonesia boosts supplements to protect baby elephants from virus

Indonesia's Forestry Ministry is increasing the intake of vitamins and supplements for Sumatran elephant calves to ...

Indonesia adopts biobank tech to save endangered Javan rhinos

The Indonesian government is moving forward with technological interventions to help increase the population of ...

Indonesia reveals critical decline of native rhino species

The population of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) and Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) has fallen ...