#tropical

Collection of tropical news, found 888 news.

Indonesia seeking to reduce palm oil exports in crude form

Indonesia is seeking to reduce exports of palm oil in crude form now still reaching 65 percent of total exports. ...

Sinar Mas extends Tengkawang planting area in W Kalimantan

Oil palm plantation company Sinar Mas Group has extended its Tengkawang Tungkul (Shorea Macrophylla) planting area in ...

Paramitra conserves eight tropical pitcher plants in W Kalimantan

PT Paramitra Internusa Pratama, a subsidiary of the oil palm plantation Sinar Mas Group, has been conserving at least ...

RI`s peat forests can play important role in climate change

Peat swamp forests in Indonesia consist for 50 percent of tropical peat swamps and 10 percent of dry land, an ...

Oil palm plantations not reducing Lake Sentarum fishermen`s income

The Kapuas Hulu district head in West Kalimantan has denied that the oil palm extensification program had a bad effect ...

Susi Air and Mechtronix Team Up to Develop Cessna Grand Caravan Simulator

-    Indonesian Charter Airline to Use Simulator to Support Fleet Expansion And Train at ...

First US grant for Indonesia's forest conservation signed

US Ambassador to Indonesia Scot Marciel and the secretary general of Indonesia`s Forestry Ministry Hadi Daryanto have ...

Aussie crocs "traumatised" by cyclone

A group of ferocious Australian crocodiles were so traumatised by a maximum-strength cyclone last week that they hid ...

UNOCD supports RI`s effort to combat illegal logging

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNOCD) is supporting Indonesia`s efforts to combat illegal logging by ...

Baby born amid Australia wreckage

Australians woke to scenes of cyclone devastation along the northeast tourist coast Thursday but evacuees at one ...

RI projected to become global seaweed producer

Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Fadel Muhammad has the ambition not only to turn Indonesia into a top global ...

Rainfall in NTT remains high

Rainfall in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province is predicted to remain high over the next few days. Local ...

Parts of Indonesia experience cyclone Vince`s impact

Several parts of Indonesia have experienced the impact of tropical cyclone Vince, although it is predicted to last ...

Cyclone Vince predicted to last one week

Tropical cyclone Vince has hit East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) but it was predicted to last a week starting January 12, and ...

Cyclone vince to impact on parts of Indonesia

High sea temperatures south of Indonesia (840 km south of Cilacap, Central Java) are predicted to cause tropical ...