#environment

Smoke billows during a forest fires in Pelalawan, Riau province, Indonesia, as seen in this file photo on June 27, 2013.

Kamis , 18 Jul 2013, 00:34 WIB

Singapore wants maps to help clear Indonesian haze

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, KUALA LUMPUR - Singapore pressed Indonesia on Wednesday to share maps that could help make plantation companies accountable for setting fires that cause smog in neighboring countries. Secrecy over...

Selasa , 16 Jul 2013, 00:28 WIB

Indonesia: EU delays bilateral agreement more than five times

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesian government asked commitment of European Union (EU) to sign Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade, Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT-VPA) between Indonesia and the EU countries. The FLEGT-VPA aims to increase the value of Indonesian wood products. Small and micro business owners also have to pay to get Timber Legality Verification System (SVLK). However, the cooperation agreement...

Senin , 01 Jul 2013, 23:55 WIB

Four hotspots left in Riau

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU - The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency...

Senin , 01 Jul 2013, 23:30 WIB

Governor to revoke permit of companies causing fires

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PALANGKARAYA - Governor of Central Kalimantan, Agustin Teras...

Ahad , 30 Jun 2013, 22:44 WIB

Mayor of Surabaya to take over the zoo

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SURABAYA - Mayor of Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini insisted...

Garuda planes park at Soekarno Hatta Airport. (illustration)

Sabtu , 29 Jun 2013, 02:38 WIB

Garuda Indonesia to use biofuel in 2015

A woman wear face mask in a business district in Singapore on June 20, 2013. (illustration)

Sabtu , 29 Jun 2013, 02:11 WIB

President dismayed by Singaporean media

Christiano Ronaldo plants mangrove trees in Telagawaja forest, Bali, on Wednesday..

Jumat , 28 Jun 2013, 04:04 WIB

Ronaldo becomes 'ambassador of mangroves' in Indonesia

Selasa , 25 Jun 2013, 10:53 WIB

SBY concern over disclose of companies involving in fires in Riau

Indonesian government deploys six CASA and one Hercules to drop ran bombs to extinguish fores caused by some foreign compaies in Riau.

Senin , 24 Jun 2013, 14:10 WIB

14 companies cause fires in Riau

Data collected by Weather Monitoring Satelitte and Geothermal Detection (NOAA) shows that most of hot spots come from plantation area managed by Malaysians in Riau. (illustration)

Jumat , 21 Jun 2013, 09:44 WIB

Many hot spots are from Malaysian and Singaporean companies in Riau

Kamis , 20 Jun 2013, 08:54 WIB

Haze in Riau starts to affect human health

Senin , 10 Jun 2013, 18:54 WIB

President gives awards for environmental heroes

Indonesia and Britain sign an MoU to accelerate cooperation in education. (illustration)

Rabu , 08 May 2013, 01:49 WIB

SBY: Papuan office in Oxford harms relationship of Indonesia-UK

A damaged forest in Padang, West Sumatra (illustration)

Rabu , 08 May 2013, 00:57 WIB

Govt to extend moratorium on primary forests and peat lands conversion

Selasa , 26 Mar 2013, 21:53 WIB

SBY meets Soros

Reuters/Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland/Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Senin , 25 Mar 2013, 19:45 WIB

Indonesia hosts Coral Triangle Business Forum

Some workers herd elephants from human settlements in Riau, earlier this month. (illustration)

Wild elephants enter villages in Riau

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU - Herd of wild elephants entered human settlements in Mandau District, Bengkalis, Riau, damaged crops and caused panic among residents. "We all panicked and run instantly," a villager, Juwono (39 years), said on Friday. The herd of wild elephant have entered village since three days a go in Balai Makam Village and damage harvested crop. He said, the elephants...

Rabu , 20 Mar 2013, 22:30 WIB

Indonesia-China expect to cooperate creating clean coal technology

Indonesia will host ASEAN Oil Spill Response Action Plan (OSRAP) workshop in Jakarta on March 19-21. The workshop is aimed to monitor the regional plan and facilitate cooperation between stakeholders in the event of a major oil spill incidents. (illustrati

Selasa , 12 Mar 2013, 23:26 WIB

Indonesia to host workshop of ASEAN-OSRAP

Pulau Padang's biodiversity offers big potential to attract tourists and make the island as an ecotourism destination. (illustration)

Ahad , 03 Mar 2013, 22:48 WIB

Eastern Indonesia`s biodiversity prone to biopiracy

Mangrove forest in Padang, West Sumatra (illustration)

Rabu , 27 Feb 2013, 21:59 WIB

About 40 percent of mangrove ecosystems in Indonesia is damaged

An aerial photo shows an area of illegal logging in forest buffers near National Park in Bukit Tigapuluh, Riau-Jambi. Illegal logging in the area has threatened its biodiversity and ecosystem. (file photo)

Selasa , 05 Feb 2013, 20:48 WIB

Indonesia-US cooperate to preserve biodiversity

A 3-month-old elephant calf tries to awake its dead mother at the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve in Sabah, Malaysia. Ten endangered Borneo pygmy elephants have been found dead in the Malaysian forest under mysterious circumstances, and wildlife authorities sus

Selasa , 29 Jan 2013, 21:03 WIB

Ten dead Borneo pygmy elephants feared poisoned

A man flies a kite near electricity pylons on a hazy day in Beijing Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013. Air pollution levels in China's notoriously dirty capital were at dangerous levels Saturday, with cloudy skies blocking out visibility and warnings issued for peop

Ahad , 13 Jan 2013, 23:18 WIB

Air pollution in Beijing goes off the index

Pouring rain in Jakarta causes traffic jam in some main streets. (illustration)

Senin , 24 Dec 2012, 22:30 WIB

Jakarta among cities facing highest risk of climate change

Indonesia has big potential to implement green economy in every development sector since this country owns one third of the world's tropical forest. (illustration)

Selasa , 18 Dec 2012, 18:45 WIB

Minister of Forestry is ambitious to implement green economy

Jumat , 14 Dec 2012, 18:59 WIB

Indonesia-Europe agree to sign Forest Law

damaged forest in Padang, West Sumatra (illustration)

Selasa , 27 Nov 2012, 20:34 WIB

Indonesia to establish REDD+ in December

Three elephants are poisoned to death in Tesso Nilo National Park, Riau. Minister of Forestry Zulkifli Hasan suspects the endangered species poisoned because they entered plantation area. (illustration)

Senin , 12 Nov 2012, 20:29 WIB

Elephants poisoned to death in Riau

Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) says that the hot weather which Bali has experienced over the past few months is expected to end in November. (map of Bali)

Sabtu , 03 Nov 2012, 23:45 WIB

Heat in Bali will end in November

Coral reefs in Raja Ampat, West Papua. (illustration)

Kamis , 01 Nov 2012, 20:41 WIB

Indonesian coral reefs prone to extinction

Media says that Walt Disney Company decides to discontinue the use of paper from Indonesia due to tropical forest management issues that were considered illegal. (illustration)

Jumat , 26 Oct 2012, 23:50 WIB

Indonesia to ask walt Disney`s clarification on paper boycott

After being used a commercial forest, the ecosystem of the forest in Jambi, Sumatra, is now being restored. (illustration)

Kamis , 25 Oct 2012, 19:10 WIB

Indonesia 'terrorized' by climate change

More cameras to monitorJavan rhinoceros

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and International Rhino Foundation (IRF) add 120 automatic video cameras to observe and protect Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus sondaicus) in Ujung Kulon National Park. “The addition of video camera is to add the accuracy-based information of Rhinoceros in Ujung Kulon. On 2011, video camera identified 35 rhinos. About 22 are male and the...

Riau Andalan Pulp and Paper (RAPP) industry in Pelalawan, Riau. (photo file)

Senin , 09 Apr 2012, 20:04 WIB