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NGOs call for review of existing forest clearance permits

A coalition of Indonesian civil society organizations for forest protection here Thursday challenged President Susilo ...

Climate change adversely affects fishermen

The climate change has adversely affected the income of fishermen, especially those operating along 50 meters from ...

People want fair deal or foreign firms taken over

Alarmed by the increasing rate at which foreign companies are gaining control over Indonesia`s national resources, ...

Govt urged to nationalize mining firms

The government is called on to take a bold and concrete step to safeguard the country`s natural resources by ...

Govt urged to nationalize mining firms

The government is called on to take a bold and concrete step to safeguard the country`s natural resources by ...

World Environment Day focuses on forests

The government organized an Indonesian Environment Week expo in Jakarta June 1-5 to mark World Environment Day (WED) ...

W Sumatera govt urged to act against illegal loggers

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has renewed its call for the West Sumatra provincial government to ...

Walhi calls on president to evaluate oil palm plantation development

The West Kalimantan chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) has called on President Susilo Bambang ...

Long-awaited decree on deforestation moratorium draws mixed responses from NGOs

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally signed the long-awaited Presidential Instruction on deforestation ...

Half of RI`s oil palm plantations foreign-owned

The Environmental Forum of Indonesia (WALHI) says fifty-percent of the country`s oil palm plantations are owned by ...

WALHI hails planned moratorium on forest clearing

The Indonesian Environmental Forum (WALHI) has hailed the government`s plan to sign the presidential regulation ...

People`s green lifestyle awareness for better earth

In recent years after the awareness of the effect of global warming there was a certain lifestyle adopted to support ...

Riau Walhi activists observe Earth Day

Dozens of environmental activists from Riau`s Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) took to the streets here ...

Rise of green lifestyle appreciated but not enough yet, Walhi

The emerging of green lifestyles among people recently is good but not enough yet, Executive Director of Indonesian ...

Forests can`t afford delay in moratorium`s implementation

The government is supposed to impose a moratorium on deforestation starting January 2011, but it has been delayed for ...