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Governor,US envoy open Banda Aceh-Calang highway

US Ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel and Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf on Thursday opened the Banda Aceh-Calang west ...

WWF, Greenpeace Indonesia save Sumatran tigers and elephants

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is cooperating with Greenpeace in saving the Sumatran tigers ("Panthera tigris ...

Greenpeace launches save tigers` home tour in Sumatra

Greenpeace recently launched a "Save Tigers` Home" Tour in Sumatra with a cultural blessing ceremony from the local ...

Human, tiger conflicts kill one person and one tiger in 2011

A total of 10 man-versus-tiger conflicts occurred in Bengkulu province in 2011 causing the death of one person and ...

Wild elephant crushes woman to death

A wild elephant is reported to have crushed a woman to death while she was taking water for her household needs at a ...

Malaysian investors to develop Pulau Bawah as tourist resort

Malaysian investors are ready to develop Pulau (island) Bawah in the district of Anamabas, Riau Islands province. into ...

Forestry Ministry to compensate victims of human-animal conflicts

The forestry ministry plans to compensate victims of human-animal conflicts which often occur on Sumatra Island. ...

Moratorium "important political shift" but not enough

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

Elephant habitat in Bengkulu shrinking

The habitat of wild elephants in Bengkulu province is shrinking because encroachments into limited production forests ...

Police dispose of another parcel bomb

A local police bomb squad disposed of a parcel believed to contain a bomb here Wednesday at 09.30 AM local time. ...

BKSDA proposes widening of wildlife corridor in Seblat

Bengkulu`s Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has asked the Forestry Ministry for permission to widen the ...

Irresponsible people smear Indonesia`s peace: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said irresponsible people had smeared the Indonesian people`s peaceful and tranquil ...

Bomb terror grips Bogor city

People in Bogor city were gripped by fear of bomb explosions following the discovery of a parcel suspected of ...

Wild elephants block housing complex in Riau

A wild elephant and its two babies blocked a street in Cendana housing complex in Balai Raja vilage, Mandau ...

Bomb squad deployed to S Jakarta

The Jakarta metropolitan police deployed a bomb squad to examine a suspicious package at "The Energy" building inside ...