#environment

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

Jumat , 07 Mar 2014, 23:59 WIB

World's indigenous people to discuss deforestation

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - Representatives of indigenous people from Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia will meet in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan to discuss deforestation. The meeting themed International Workshop on Deforestation...

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

Rabu , 05 Mar 2014, 22:53 WIB

NOAA satellite detects 48 hot spots in Sumatra

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PEKANBARU - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 18, a satellite operated by Singapore, 48 hot spots in mainland of Sumatra. About 27 spots are scattered in Riau. "The number increases compared to previous days. There were only 14 hot spots on Monday in Riau or 40 spots in Sumatra," official staff of National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Agus...

Senin , 03 Mar 2014, 23:40 WIB

Govt: Wider access for community forests

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, TEMANGGUNG - Ministry of Forestry increases the development...

Jumat , 28 Feb 2014, 07:56 WIB

Bicycling only for civil servants, please!

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SAMARINDA - Regional Government of Samarinda, East Kalimantan,...

Senin , 17 Feb 2014, 18:09 WIB

Kerry mocks those who deny climate change

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - US Secretary of State John Kerry...

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

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.

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

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MILWAUKEE/COLUMBUS - As the Midwestern United States shivered through the region's lowest temperatures in two decades and forecasters warned that life-threatening cold was heading eastward, officials in Chicago and other districts said schools would be closed on Monday. Icy conditions snarled travel across the Midwest and thousands of flights were canceled or delayed, days after the Northeast was hammered...

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

Jumat , 27 Dec 2013, 16:17 WIB

Bad weather to hit Sunda Strait

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.

Sabtu , 14 Dec 2013, 23:59 WIB

Errr.. They are girls, not boys!

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

No Kidding, Beijing destroys barbecue grills to cut pollution

The picture shows a teakwood forest in Java. Forest Management Unit in Yogyakarta successfully grows superior quality of teakwood plants (illustration)

Jumat , 27 Sep 2013, 06:12 WIB

Ministry of Forestry to open 600 FMUs

Ahad , 22 Sep 2013, 15:33 WIB

MP: Foreign NGOs must abide by Indonesian law

Sabtu , 21 Sep 2013, 11:44 WIB

Police secure two sumatran tiger's skin sellers

Palm fruit is harvested in a plantation in Bogor. Indonesia and Malaysia continue to increase crude palm oil (CPO) production to meet needs of biodiesel to achieve EU targets. (illustration)

Kamis , 12 Sep 2013, 00:16 WIB

Three NGOs urge revision on EU biofuel policy

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (file photo)

Rabu , 11 Sep 2013, 22:32 WIB

Harrison Ford interviews Indonesia's president on climat change

Minister of Forestry, Zulkifli Hasan (left) explains about his meeting with Horrison Ford when the Hollywood star interviewed him at his office on Monday.

Rabu , 11 Sep 2013, 07:55 WIB

Minister tells his interview with Harrison Ford

Yuntai Mountain in China is a good example of reowned geopark which draws thousands visitors. (file photo)

Jumat , 06 Sep 2013, 23:14 WIB

West Java has potential to develop world class geopark

If the Arctic ice melts due to climate change, Indonesia is potentially affected. (illustration)

Rabu , 04 Sep 2013, 22:15 WIB

Thirty countries attend Climate Change Mitigation Conference

Jumat , 30 Aug 2013, 11:45 WIB

Fighter planes monitor fires in Riau

Rabu , 07 Aug 2013, 23:35 WIB

NGO: Orangutans habitat displaced by oil palm expansion

Sumatran tiger or Panthera tigris sumatrae is a critically engdangered species (photo file).

Senin , 05 Aug 2013, 22:58 WIB

Sumatran tiger on sale via online

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