#environment

Jumat , 18 Apr 2014, 00:16 WIB

LIPI: 30.4 percent of coral reefs severely damaged

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Study by Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) through Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management Program (COREMAP) shows that 30.4 percent of Indonesia's coral reefs are severely damaged...

Selasa , 15 Apr 2014, 05:20 WIB

Wilmar violates agreement on 'zero deforestation'

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BALIKPAPAN - Crude palm oil producer, PT Wilmar Nabati Indonesia (WINA) has violated a deforestation agreement made by its parent company, Wilmar International. The company has built a crude palm oil port and CPO processing plant in a natural conservation area in Balikpapan bay and damage mangrove forest in the area. WINA has destroyed 27.1 hectares of forests around...

Senin , 14 Apr 2014, 22:22 WIB

Government provides 425 billion IDR for the disabled

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Indonesian government has distributed aid for...

Senin , 07 Apr 2014, 17:54 WIB

Five Rafflesia arnoldiis to bloom in Bengkulu

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BENGKULU - Five Rafflesia arnoldii flowers are going...

Sabtu , 05 Apr 2014, 08:54 WIB

Govt spends 267 billion IDR to contain Riau forest fires

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU - Cost of disaster relief operation caused...

In this Dec. 6, 2007, file photo, Oxfam activists wearing polar bear costumes stage a demonstration outside the venue of the UN climate change conference in Nusa Dua, Bali island, Indonesia.

Senin , 24 Mar 2014, 17:40 WIB

UN says 2013 'extreme events' due to warming earth

Smoke billows from plantation fire in Bengkalis, Riau. (File photo)

Selasa , 18 Mar 2014, 15:24 WIB

Govt drops 1.6 tonnes of water bomb to contain Riau fires

Smoke billows from plantation fire in Province of Riau (file photo)

Jumat , 14 Mar 2014, 16:19 WIB

President on Twitter: Handle the fire or I will take over

A Sumatran elephant (elephas maximus sumatranus) lies dead in Aceh. (file photo)

Kamis , 13 Mar 2014, 21:08 WIB

Another Sumatran elephant found dead

Smoke from forest and peatland fires limits visibility in Riau. (illustration)

Kamis , 13 Mar 2014, 19:17 WIB

Government prepares water bombs to mitigate Riau haze

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

Kamis , 13 Mar 2014, 17:55 WIB

Minister expects ratification on haze pollution soon

Geopelia striata or locally known as Perkutut Jawa (file photo)

Rabu , 12 Mar 2014, 19:20 WIB

Hundreds of protected birds confiscated from owner

Indonesia's Minister of Environmental Affairs Balthasar Kambuaya (file photo)

Ahad , 09 Mar 2014, 23:17 WIB

Indonesia, Poland strengthen environmental cooperation

Ahad , 09 Mar 2014, 22:41 WIB

China to toughen environment law, hold polluters accountabel

Deforestation in Papuan forest is see from above. (Illustration)

Jumat , 07 Mar 2014, 23:59 WIB

World's indigenous people to discuss deforestation

Rabu , 05 Mar 2014, 22:53 WIB

NOAA satellite detects 48 hot spots in Sumatra

People have wider access to use the forest's resources. (Illustration)

Senin , 03 Mar 2014, 23:40 WIB

Govt: Wider access for community forests

Secretary of State John Kerry (center) takes a selfie with a group of students before delivering a speech on climate change on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Kerry mocks those who deny climate change

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called climate change perhaps the world's "most fearsome" destructive weapon and mocked those who deny its existence or question its causes, comparing them to people who insist the Earth is flat. In a speech to Indonesian students, civic leaders and government officials, Kerry tore into climate change skeptics. He...

An American alligator perches on a tree branch in the Pearl River Delta, Mississippi, in this undated handout photo received on February 14, 2014.

Sabtu , 15 Feb 2014, 23:23 WIB

Researchers: Crocodiles can climb trees

Forest fire causes thick smoke in City of Padang, West Sumatra, on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014.

Kamis , 13 Feb 2014, 18:25 WIB

Govt to rent amphibian plane and chopper from Russia to tackle haze issues

Kamis , 13 Feb 2014, 18:13 WIB

Disaster mitigation agency carries out coordination to tackle haze problem

Smoke rises from a burnt forest. (illustration)

Rabu , 12 Feb 2014, 18:00 WIB

Malaysia: No help for companies setting fire in Indonesian forest

Visitor looks at an American bison at Surabaya Zoo in East Java. (File photo)

Selasa , 11 Feb 2014, 21:21 WIB

US, Britain, and China offer partnership to Surabaya zoo

Kamis , 06 Feb 2014, 04:54 WIB

Jakarta to build nine new reservoirs to contain floods

Senin , 03 Feb 2014, 00:43 WIB

Two more animals die in Surabaya Zoo

Worker of public cleanliness department collect the garbage after flooding in Jakarta. (File photo)

Jumat , 31 Jan 2014, 22:40 WIB

About 200 tonnes of garbage piles up at Kalibata bridge

Flood in Kampung Melayu district, East Jakarta.

Ahad , 19 Jan 2014, 00:21 WIB

Official: Last year floods in Jakarta is worse

Kamis , 16 Jan 2014, 22:15 WIB

Floods cause 20 trillion IDR of losses

Some staff prepare the procedure of weather modification technology on Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014.

Kamis , 16 Jan 2014, 01:05 WIB

Jakarta on flood alert until Feb 12

A horse pulls a carriage in a flooded street in Jakarta on Monday, Jan. 13, 2014.

Senin , 13 Jan 2014, 21:47 WIB

Flood forces thousands Jakarta residents to be evacuated

Ahad , 12 Jan 2014, 16:27 WIB

Maleo bird at risk to extinction

A woman and her son make their way up a snow covered sidewalk in the South Bronx section of New York City, January 3, 2014.

Senin , 06 Jan 2014, 11:27 WIB

Schools closed due to 'life-threatening' cold in Midwest

Sumateran elephant (elephant maximus sumatranus)

Kamis , 02 Jan 2014, 17:48 WIB

Sumatran elephant dies caused by obesity

Senin , 30 Dec 2013, 16:51 WIB

Indonesia`s rain forest agency set to be in full swing

Giant Panda Lun Lun looks at her panda cub Mei Lun as her other cub Mei Huan sleeps at her feet at the Atlanta Zoo in Atlanta, Georgia November 14, 2013.

Errr.. They are girls, not boys!

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ATLANTA - Atlanta Zoo officials said on Friday that twin giant panda cubs, the first to be born and survive in the United States, have both turned out to be female. The zoo, which initially had identified both cubs as male after they were born in July, said DNA testing had now shown they are both female. "Prior to...

In Nov. 26 photo, municipal officers observe as a worker break down confiscated open-air barbecues confiscated in the past three months in Xicheng district in Beijing, China. (file photo)

Jumat , 29 Nov 2013, 22:44 WIB