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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." ...

Two Rafflesia arnoldii flowers bloom in Kaur forest, Bengkulu

Two Rafflesia arnoldii flowers have fully bloomed in Kaur forest, Manau Village, Padang Guci Sub-district, Kaur ...

EARTH WIRE -- Habitats of Sumatran animals continue to decline

The habitats of Sumatran animals, including elephants, tigers, and orangutans, continue to decline due to illegal ...

MetLife is first U.S. insurer to achieve carbon neutrality

- MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that it has achieved its 2015 goal of carbon neutrality, becoming the first ...

EARTH WIRE -- Adat community urged to protect habitats of birds of paradise

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Papua office has urged Papuas Adat community to help protect the habitats of the birds ...

History of Run Island to be presented in play

The history of Run, a small postcolonial island in Banda Sea swapped by the British for another piece of North ...

Making Kupang city a flamboyant tourist area

Tourists planning to visit the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provincial city of Kupang in Indonesia are advised to consider ...

EARTH WIRE -- Brazilian conservationists develop new tool to cut illegal wood from supply chains

Companies that want to buy Brazilian timber without contributing to illegal deforestation have a new tool to help them ...

EARTH WIRE -- Over nine thousand holidaymakers visit Bogor Botanical Garden

As many as 9,372 people visited Bogor Botanical Garden last weekend. On Sunday, the number of visitors was 6,438 ...