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RI,EC about to ratify partnership, cooperation agreement

Indonesia and the European Commission (EC) are currently in the final stage of a process to ratify a Partnership and ...

news focus: Sumatran tigers need to be protected

It`s tragic that amid a "Save Tigers` Home" tour in Sumatra by an NGO, a Sumatran tiger (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae) was ...

Papua`s forests facing serious threat: Greenpeace

A Greenpeace campaigner for Papua, Ricarth Tawaru, said with forests in Sumatra and Kalimantan having almost ...

Investments in forestry sector reach rp32 trillion

A total of 328 wood industries invested a total of Rp32 trillion in the forestry sector in Indonesia over the past ...

Illegal logging to be discussed in climate change confab

Various issues related to illegal logging activities and forest monitoring will be discussed in the "Conference on the ...

New Report: Indonesian Forest Industry Employment Hits 3.7 million

-         New report shows forest-based industries are a major contributor to ...

RI forest industry`s employment hits 3.7 million

A new report by consultancy ITS Global has found that Indonesia`s forest-based industries including timber ...

RI forestry ministry to plant 1.7 bln trees this year

The Forestry Ministry has set itself the target of planting more than 1.7 billion trees across the country this year ...

RI's reforestation program to absorb 47.6 bln tons of carbon gases

Indonesia is resuming its reforestation program this year, having set itself the target of planting at least 1.7 ...

RI industries grow faster than economy: official

The national industry grew 6.61 percent in the second quarter of 2011, surpassing the national economic growth rate ...

Growth of industrial products encouraging

Although industries at home still depend on imported raw materials, yet their products are showing encouraging growth ...

Ministry issues 12 timber estate licenses worth Rp23.95 trillion

The Ministry of Forestry in the first semester of 2011 has provided 12 licenses for management of timber estates (HTI) ...

New Report: Exposing the Myths of FSC

-Stop the War on the Poor Campaign Documents the Economic Harm and Environmental Mythology of the Forest Stewardship ...

Wooden motorbikes displayed at Lake Kerinci Festival

Two units of wooden motorcycles made by Mihral, a crafter from Tanjung Pauh village, Jambi province of Kerinci ...

RI`s processed wood production reaches 19 mln CU meters

Indonesia`s processed wood production in the first half of 2011 reached 19.6 million cu meters, compared to 11.18 ...