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Indonesians in Focus: Agusdin
By Barrie | 
No Comments » Agusdin speaks at length and in great detail about forests and their biological diversity, and becomes more impassioned when it comes to the Sungai Wain Forest Reserve in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, a 9,872.80-hectare conservation area.
Communities Awarded for Forest-Preservation
By Barrie | No Comments » Indigenous communities across the archipelago play an important role in preserving nature by using their local wisdom to preserve traditional forests, as confirmed recently at an awards ceremony held by the Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) as the article in the Jakarta Post explains.
Terung: Indonesia
By Barrie | No Comments » Let us turn our attention to eggplants. In the Indonesian language, the vegetable is referred to as terung. With eggplants one can cook various appetizing dishes, traditionally or creatively prepared as gastronome and epicurean el supremo Suryatini N.Ganie explains.
Total Lunar Eclipse in Indonesia
By Barrie | No Comments » The people in Indonesia will be able to see a total lunar eclipse on Tuesday, August 28, 2007. The Boscha observatory will conduct a joint monitoring and observation of the total lunar eclipse along with of the Bandung Institute of Technology`s Astronomy Department.
Porpoise Conservation Area: Kalimantan
By Barrie | No Comments » The East Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has been exploring the possibility of turning part of Mahakam river into a conservation area to save Mahakam porpoises (orcaella brevirostris, sp) from extinction, an official said.
Community Against Deforestation: Kalimantan
By Barrie | No Comments » Kalimantan, the Indonesian territory on Borneo island, is well known for its pristine tropical forests, rich natural resources and exotic flora and fauna. Only a few places remain on earth with such a biodiversity, providing shelter and food to hundreds of endangered species.
Forest Fires Threaten Orangutans: Kalimantan
By Barrie | No Comments » The government has been urged to stop deforestation in order to protect the rapidly decreasing orangutan population on the island of Kalimantan.
Green Group Angry Over Riau Deforestation
By Barrie | No Comments » The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has accused the government of encouraging deforestation by allowing eight industrial timber plantation companies to cut down trees in Riau province beyond the legal limit.
Sea Turtles’ Protection: Kalimantan
By Barrie | No Comments » First, there is a slight movement in the sand; then a small crater appears and suddenly, dozens of tiny turtles swarm out of the ground. Instinctively, these little reptiles know exactly in which direction they must go.
Indonesian Forest Fires a Global Menace
By Barrie | No Comments » Greenpeace challenged the Indonesian government to immediately declare a moratorium on the conversion and destruction of peat land forests to put a stop to the country`s annual cycle of forest fires, which has now become a global menace given its significant contributions to the problem of climate change.
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