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Walhi: 46 pct of river basins in Aceh damaged

The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has said that 46 percent of the river basins in Aceh province have ...

news focus: govt to rehabilitate critically degraded lakes

Hundreds of lakes or reservoirs which are vital to human life in Indonesia are now in bad or even critical condition ...

Walhi protests environment awards for Newmont, Nusa Halmahera

The Indonesian Environmental Forum, Walhi, is sending a letter of objection to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral ...

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 ...

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 ...

News Focus : RI`s failure to host global environment day regretted

Indonesia`s failure to be named host of World Environment Day (WED) 2011 is regrettable because the nation has lost a ...

Walhi: Environmental damage to increase 50-70 pct in 2011

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) predicts that environmental damage in Indonesia in 2011 will increase ...

S Sumatra govt urged to overcome environmental damage

The South Sumatra branch of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (WALHI) has urged the local government to ...

NGOs consider govt not serious in handling violence against minorities

The government is not serious in realizing its commitment to solve violence against certain religious or minority ...