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Investors interested to develop Lake Toba

The North Sumatran provincial government has set an ambitious target of attracting at least one million foreign ...

NGO calls for firm action against illegal logging in Mt Leuser area

Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) has urged legal enforcers to take firm action against illegal logging ...

Indonesia promotes kolintang, wants it in world heritage list

Indonesia is promoting kolintang, a musical instrument made of wood from Minahasa, North Sulawesi, so that it is ...

Maintaining world heritage cities` network

As a member of the Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC), the city of Denpasar on the Indonesian island resort ...

UNESCO vows protection of world heritages against terrorism and wars

The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) vowed on Sunday to protect the worlds cultural ...

Special authority required to manage Lake Toba as world-class destination

Lake Toba located in North Sumatra Province is not just an ordinary lake but is the largest volcanic lake on Earth. ...

Lake Toba among 10 tourism destinations prioritized by government

Lake Toba is one of the 10 main tourist destinations whose development is being prioritized by the government, Tourism ...

Indonesia becomes member of UNESCO World Heritage Committee

Indonesia and 20 other countries have been appointed members of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (World ...

Historical Bandung Conference archives preserved by UNESCO

The Asian-African Conferences (AAC)s archives held in Bandung, West Java, in April 1955, have been preserved by the ...

Evolution Peaks on Tropical Mountain

- UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 12 AUGUST 19.00 CET Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo  Tropical mountains have ...

Indonesian government to nominate seven tourism sites as world heritage

The Education and Culture Ministry will nominate seven Indonesian tourism sites to be included in the United Nations ...

Bali`s Subak system facing great challenge

Ubiquitous land conversions on Indonesian island resort of Bali will sooner or later eliminate the traditional ...

Tourists, local people join hands in Borobudur temple cleanup

When Mount Kelud erupted on February 13, it spewed millions of cubic meters of volcanic materials mainly gravels and ...

Myanmar, Norway seek cooperation in environmental conservation sector

Myanmar and Norway are seeking cooperation in environmental conservation sector, state-media reported Friday. The ...

Tourism threatens China`s world heritage sites: UN expert

Booming tourism is threatening world heritage sites in east Asian countries, especially China, a UN expert told a ...