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  • Govt promotes botanical gardens as national priority

    Thu, February 9 2012 20:57

    The government, directed by Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 93/2011 on Botanical Garden, is promoting botanical gardens as a national priority, according to LIPI, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences..

  • Wild bull population in Ujung Kulon believed flourishing

    Sat, February 4 2012 18:26

    The exact population of the wild bull (Bos Javanicus Javanicus) in the Ujung Kulon National Park (TMNUK) is still unknown but park officials believe it is flourishing..

  • Taiwan ranked 29th in global environmental performance

    Mon, January 30 2012 17:10

    Taiwan was ranked 29th among 132 countries in a recent report on environmental performance published by renowned U.S. universities, Environmental Protection Administration officials said Sunday..

  • IPB to conduct greening drive around campus

    Sat, January 28 2012 20:37

    The Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB) is to conduct a greening drive in villages around its campus based on the community empowerment principle to realize its biological natural diversity campus (KEHATI) concept, a spokesman said..

  • Indonesia, Finland want to cooperates in renewable energy

    Tue, January 24 2012 17:14

    Indonesia and Finland have underscored the importance of renewable energy cooperation between the two countries in the framework of their Energy and Environment Partnership (EEP), Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa said here on Tuesday..

  • President: 45% of Kalimantan island for biodiversity conservation

    Fri, January 20 2012 06:23

    President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a regulation that 45 percent of Kalimantan island must be used for biodiversity conservation and tropical rainforest vegetation reserves to make the island the world`s lungs, a report said..

  • East Java asked to increase renewable energy projects

    Tue, January 17 2012 17:41

    Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) of East Java province has asked to local government to increase the number of renewable energy projects..

  • Injured sumatran tiger dies during medical treatment

    Sat, January 14 2012 21:33

    A Sumatran tiger injured in a trap in Bengkulu and transferred to Bogor for treatment has died during surgery at the Safari Park Veterinary Hospital in Cisarua, a local nature conservation official said..

  • Tiger population in Bengkulu drops

    Wed, January 11 2012 16:04

    The population of Sumatran tigers (Pantera Tigris Sumatrae) in Bengkulu Province has dropped due to poaching, a local official said..

  • Forest fire foreseen until mid 2012 in Riau

    Wed, January 11 2012 13:40

    Threats of forest fires in Riau Province had been foreseen to occur from January to mid 2012 following above-average high air temperature in the region..

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Inter Milan team to visit RI in May

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