Smog gets in their eyes and lungs
Days of heavy smog shrouding Indonesian Borneo pushed its air pollution to 20 times beyond the safe level last week despite government promises to tackle...
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Minister of Environment and Forestry: No More Licensing for Peatland Concessions
Ekuatorial, Palangka Raya - Government take firm action against the exploitation of peatland, which is to stop giving forest management concessions to the company. "The...
Village-owned Enterprises (BUMDes) as a Solution
Chairman of KTH "Jasema", Sugiyono, carried a stack of documents. It contains loan application letters from the members of the cooperative. In each letter listed...
Certified Wood from Terong Village
The drought reached its peak at the end of September. In Terong village in Bantul regency, Central Java, the teak tree began leafless, the soil...
Executives of PT Palm Lestari Makmur Becomes Suspect in Riau Fires
Pekanbaru, Ekuatorial - Riau Police named three executives of PT Palm Lestari Makmur as the suspect in an alleged case of fires in Indragiri Hulu....
Compliance Audit: 58 Companies in Riau Not Ready to Tackle Forest Fires
Pekanbaru, Ekuatorial - From 61 Forest Management Rights (HPH) and Manager Plantation Forests (HTI) license holder companies, 58 of them have not met the standards...
16 Companies Investigated Over Land Fires
Pekanbaru, Ekuatorial - Riau Police investigated 16 Industrial Timber Estate/Plantation (HTI) companies indicated as forest-burner. Here's the list: 1. PT Siak Raya Timber (Kampar) 2....
Forest Fires, Orangutan Fled to Settlement
Sampit, Ekuatorial - A Bornean orangutan (Pongopygmaeus) entered into a settlement area in Wengga Metropolitan Street, Sampit, East Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan. The female Orangutan, approximately...
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Sorong, West Papua
Sorong, Ekuatorial - Magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Sorong, West Papua. The earthquake occurred at 00:53 local time. "Preliminary data collected from the General Hospital of...
Sunda slow loris and Javan langur Smuggling Foiled
Tahuna, Ekuatorial - Port Security Unit (PSU) of Tahuna, Sangihe Islands Regency, North Sulawesi foiled the smuggling of 23 Sunda slow lorises (Nycticebus javanicus) and...