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Lampung Province urged to develop tourism sector

Given its numerous tourist attractions, the Indonesian province of Lampung has been encouraged to develop its tourism ...

Arrested poachers killed six Sumatran elephants: police

The eight poachers who were detained on Tuesday evening had killed six Sumatran elephants in two provinces, the Riau ...

Number of Indonesian tourists to Zimbabwe increases

The number of Indonesian tourists to Zimbabwe increases during the Ramadhan and Lebaran holiday periods, showing the ...

Elephants can judge threat from human languages: Study

Elephants are able to identify humans that pose a threat to them by distinguishing between the language and voices of ...

Racing against time to save Riau`s biosphere reserve from fires

Sumatras Riau Province is badly hit by forest and plantations fires, and the largest number of the hotspots detected ...

Global efforts needed to raise public awareness of wildlife protection: Achim Steiner

The head of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on Monday (3/3) called for global efforts to raise the publics ...

46 elephants found dead in riau in three years : WWF

A total of 46 elephants were found dead in Riau province between 2011 and 2014, with most of them without ivory, ...

Bones of seven elephants found in Riau`s industrial forest

The bones of seven elephants were recently found in an industrial forest in Pelalawan district, Riau province, ...

Two more animals die at Surabaya Zoo

An African buffalo and baboon reportedly died at the Surabaya Zoo, in East Java. "The two animals died due to old ...

Legal Process of Surabaya "Death" Zoo Case Begins

The Surabaya Zoo tragedy has dragged on too long, making the zoo notorious internationally for its cruelty. The zoo ...

Archeologists find prehistoric elephant fossils in Patiayam site

Archaeologists found fossils of tusk, legs and ribs of a prehistoric elephant at the Patiayam Site in Jekulo ...

Cruelty reports draws worldwide attention to Surabaya Zoo

The Surabaya Zoo in East Java, once the pride of Southeast Asia, has received worldwide attention after the deaths of ...

Two cultural heritage relics missing from Musirawas

Two cultural heritage relics, a gold-plated elephant statue and a Tunggul Wulung spear, kept in the Musirawas Culture ...

Indonesia needs to increase number of its forest rangers

Indonesia needs to increase the number of its forest rangers and forest technicians in the field to prevent rare ...

Rat poison allegedly kills two Sumatran elephants

Results of an autopsy showed that rat poison has killed a couple of Sumatran elephants on Friday (May 31), head of ...