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Bureaucracy and high price hinder certified legal timber for Yogya wood business

Yogyakarta, Ekuatorial - Despite of rising demands from Europe for certified legal timber, Yogya's small and middle businesses have yet to obtain certification due to...

Article Forests Kalimantan Sumatera

Illegal Community Plantation Forest contributes to massive forest destruction in Aceh

Aceh Tamiang, Ekuatorial – Aceh officials found 'illegal' community plantation forests in Aceh Tamiang district contributing to massive forest destruction. In a recent patrol, Aceh...

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Forest moratorium extends to 2017, Minister says

Jakarta, Ekuatorial – After mounting demands from green activists, Indonesia’s Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya said on Monday (27/4) announced that forest moratorium...

Article Kalimantan

Sitaro district of North Sulawesi to have waste management regulation

Sitaro, Ekuatorial - Green activists demand local regulation on waste management following increasing garbage in markets, in Sitaro [Siau, Tagulandang and Biaro] district of North...

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President Jokowi to release endangered Javan gibbon in Bandung

Jakarta, Ekuatorial -- President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo will be releasing two pairs of Javan gibbons (Hylobates moloch) in conjunction with 2015 Asia Africa Conference in...

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Coastal reclamation destroys mangrove forest in Lampung, says fish farmers

Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial – Dipasena fish farmers blasted company's coastal reclamation for mangrove forest destruction that led to declining shrimp production. Mangrove forest, or often dubbed...

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Six illegal fishing vessels arrested in Sorong, official says

Sorong, Ekuatorial - Following current policy to sink illegal fishing vessels instructed by Minister of Marine and Fisheries, Susi Pudjiastuti, Sorong district court took up...

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Indonesians involve in falsifying documents of foreign vessels in North Sulawesi

Manado, Ekuatorial - Foreign fishermen revealed that Indonesians were involved in falsifying documents of foreign vessels to fish in North Sulawesi waters. "Fake documents were...

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[:id]Hutan Mangrove Langsa Butuh Regulasi Khusus

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Lampung’s dilemma between energy and forestry

Bandarlampung, Ekuatorial - High Voltage Air Channels or SUTT development from Kemuning hill of North Lampung to Liwa and Krui in West Lampung got stalled...