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Five years of wonder at Gardens by the Bay

Gardens by the Bay, Singapore's horticultural-themed attraction renowned for its Supertrees and cooled conservatories, ...

WWF releases exclusive summary on Borneo on World Environment Day

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia and Malaysia released an exclusive publication of "The Environmental Status of ...

NGO calls for firm action against illegal logging in Mt Leuser area

Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) has urged legal enforcers to take firm action against illegal logging ...

Indonesia, Switzerland enhance health cooperation

The government of Indonesia and Switzerland have agreed to cooperate in the health sector, such as improving capacity ...

Indonesia, Sweden to focus on four research collaborations

Indonesia and Sweden will highlight four research collaborations following a visit by Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf and ...

Bogor Botanical Gardens celebrate 200th anniversary

Located in downtown Bogor, West Java, the Bogor Botanical Gardens, Indonesias oldest and largest botanical garden, ...

Malaria remains endemic in Indonesia

Thousands of people in the Indonesian provinces of Papua, West Papua, East Nusa Tenggara, Maluku, and North Maluku are ...

Indonesia becomes global model for peatland restoration: UNEP

Indonesia is the worlds model for restoring peatlands, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ...

President calls for improvement in sustainable energy

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) here on Tuesday stated that the government will support the construction of power ...

EARTH WIRE -- Sea weed potential source of energy: IPB professor

A professor of fishery and marine science at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) has said seaweed is a potential ...

Trapped by water hyacinths in Lake Tondano

The lives of 17 residents of Minahasa District in North Sulawesi Province were at risk after they were trapped by ...

Academicians call for review of regulation on peat lands

Academicians from the Peat Plantation and Village Research Center of the Riau University Dr Zaimi called for the ...

EARTH WIRE -- Environmental NGOs write to UNESCO highlighting threat to Leuser Ecosystem

An environmental NGO consortium has sent a letter to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

Indonesia`s first green airport ready for operations

Indonesias first airport built on the green concept in Banyuwangi, East Java, is ready to start operations, Banyuwangi ...

Promoting tourism attractions of Biak

Biak Numfor District was a popular tourist destination in Papua in 1990s, before Raja Ampat was "discovered." ...