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Biak tourism attractions need intensive promotion

The Biak Numfor district in the Indonesian province of West Papua has myriad natural, marine, cultural, and historical ...

US Govt donates $5.5 mln for Indonesia`s forest preservation

The U.S. Government has donated $5.5 million dollars through World Resources Institute (WRI) to support forest ...

Indonesia Plays Dual Roles in Climate Change Issues

As an archipelagic country with vast forests and maritime areas, Indonesia is unique as it is most vulnerable to the ...

CTI Center Expected To Make Manado World`s Coral Reef Capital

The Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF), a partnership of six countries ...

Coral reefs provide protection from storms, rising seas: study

Coral reefs may offer a comparable but "significantly cheaper" alternative to artificial coastal defenses to protect ...

Malaria remains endemic in five Indonesian provinces

Malaria is a major public health problem in most tropical countries, including Indonesia with five of its provinces ...

Tropical cyclone to steer clear of Malaysian Airliner search area

Australian maritime search authorities said Monday that a tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean will not affect the ...

Queensland town plagued by Wallabies

Theyre cute, cuddly and taking over a small town in North Queensland. Now environmentalists and animal welfare experts ...

Indonesia set diplomatic relation with Saint Kitts and Nevis

Indonesia has recently set up diplomatic relations with the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, marked by the signing ...

Air China Commences Beijing - Hawaii Service

- Air China celebrated the start of its Beijing - Hawaii service with a ceremony held at T3 of Beijing Capital ...

US, Indonesia cooperate to protect tropical forest

The United States government and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry launched a new rainforest standard for carbon ...

Historical year for Indonesia`s forest protection

During the past one year, the Indonesian government has made several historic policies and breakthroughs for the ...

More tourists visit Komodo National Park in 2013

The town of Labuan Bajo, the entry point to Komodo island, in East Nusa Tenggara, has seen a steady influx of domestic ...

Indonesia`s rain forest agency set to be in full swing

A new agency to protect Indonesias rainforests is ready to begin work to implement a first of its kind environmental ...

Cyclone Bruce strikes some Indonesia`s areas

The Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre of the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has issued an ...