#environment

Fire burns out dry bushes and trees in Pekanbaru, Riau, last June. Recently National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) finds 185 hotspots in the province. (file photo)

Kamis , 25 Jul 2013, 01:31 WIB

Forest fire occurs again in Riau as new hotspots found

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, RIAU - About 185 hotspots, possibly forest fires, had been found in Riau province recently, spokesman to National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Agus Wibowo said on Wednesday. "The recent...

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 the maps, which reveal where agriculture firms operate on Indonesia's Sumatra island, has been a sensitive subject at a meeting of Southeast Asian environment ministers, nearly a month after Singapore...

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...

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...

A man feeds a girafe in Subaya Zoo's quarantine facility in Surabaya, East Java. (illustration)

Ahad , 30 Jun 2013, 22:44 WIB

Mayor of Surabaya to take over the zoo

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

Indonesia has 88 species of mangrove. (illustration)

Study of marine biodiversity focuses on 24 points

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesian Institute of Science's annual research on marine biodiversity will focus on 24 points in Sulawesi. "This is an annual agenda for Oceanography Research Center of LIPI since 2007," official the institute, Susetiono, said on Friday. He explained that Indonesia, having 5,100 kilometers of ocean from east to west and 1,888 kilometers of ocean from north to...

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

Jumat , 22 Mar 2013, 17:25 WIB

Wild elephants enter villages in Riau

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

Some people have no other choise other than living in a slum area in Jakarta. 2HK will create livable environment in the city and the development of rural area to tackle urbanization. (illustration)

China, Egypt, and Russia welcome Indonesia's green city project

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON - Indonesian Minister of Public Works Djoko Kirmanto said on the 48th International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP), Indonesia's green city project on Green City Development Program (P2KH) received positive response from China, Egypt, and Russia. The congress, held in Moscow, used Fast Forward: Planning in a (hyper) dynamic urban context as its theme to share latest...

Senin , 16 Apr 2012, 21:20 WIB