#wildlife

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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 ...

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 ...

Lion kills worker at California wildlife sanctuary

An African lion attacked and killed an employee of a private wildlife sanctuary in central California on ...

Orangutans living outside natural habitat need attention

Orangutans are usually cute, adorable and smart that some people want to keep them as pets. Besides, orangutans and ...

Sumatran elephant deaths on the rise

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has reported that an increasing number of Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus ...

Polar bears have symptoms of mystery disease: US Agency

Symptoms of a mysterious disease that has killed scores of seals off Alaska and infected walruses are now showing up ...

S. Korea to push tourism near tense border with north

Gun-toting soldiers patrol guard posts overlooking North Korean territory beyond a barbed-wire fence. Hundreds of red ...

RI govt urged to protect orangutans against palm oil plantation companies

The Center for Orangutan Protection (COP) has urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to instruct the Forestry ...

news focus: rainforest conservation, law enforcement crucial for orangutan`s survival

Indonesia is home to the world`s remaining population of critically endangered orangutans found on Sumatra and ...

Indonesia proposes bio-village in SSC int`l workshop

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan said the Indonesian government proposed bio-village concept in the second ...

WWF, Greenpeace Indonesia save Sumatran tigers and elephants

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is cooperating with Greenpeace in saving the Sumatran tigers ("Panthera tigris ...

Human, tiger conflicts kill one person and one tiger in 2011

A total of 10 man-versus-tiger conflicts occurred in Bengkulu province in 2011 causing the death of one person and ...

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) ...

KNPI calls for public resolve to preserve environment

The National Committee for Indonesian Youths (KNPI) said a tree-planting and garbage-removal movement is not a mere ...

Minister: transportation ciggest source of gas emission in Jakarta

Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said transportation is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emission in ...