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15-Mar-2016 |
Minister prefers traditional blocking canals to prevent forest fires
Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimulyono says he prefers the traditional method of...
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Indonesia |
16-Mar-2016 |
Greenpeace Launches Maps Tracking “near real-time” Indonesian Deforestation and Fires
As a new forest fire crisis builds in the country, with fire hotspots numbering in the hundreds on many recent...
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Indonesia |
16-Mar-2016 |
In Indonesia, a new tool helps communities protect their land from fire
For the Sungai Tohor community, whose economy relied on this peatland for sago cultivation, this was their land...
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Indonesia |
18-Mar-2016 |
Govt to encourage non-slash-and-burn practices
As the battle against forest fires continues, the government is considering incentivizing...
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Indonesia |
18-Mar-2016 |
Government Mulls to Use Village Fund to Restore Peatlands
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) proposed to use village funds to restore peatlands damaged...
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Indonesia |
19-Mar-2016 |
Government to maximize peatland economic development
In addition to its primary target of restoring 2 million hectares of peatland that had been degraded by the...
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Indonesia |
22-Mar-2016 |
New map launched on company concessions in Indonesia
Activist group Greenpeace has painstakingly digitised paper maps and PDF files of company concession maps to...
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Indonesia |
31-Mar-2016 |
Agency to restore over 800 thousand hectares of peatland areas
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Two months after its establishment, the Indonesia Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has...
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Indonesia |
01-Apr-2016 |
Peatland Restoration Agency Marks Target Regions
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Since it was established on January 2016, the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has finally...
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Indonesia |
02-Apr-2016 |
Indonesia to test M'sian peatland compaction method to prevent forest fires
JAKARTA: The Indonesian government will test a Malaysian peatland management method, called compaction, in a bid...
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Indonesia |
04-Apr-2016 |
Indonesia’s new haze-prevention agency already overwhelmed
As forest fires raged like never before across Indonesia last year, president Joko Widodo announced he was setting up...
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Indonesia |
04-Apr-2016 |
UGM & Peatland Restoration Agency Cooperate to Prevent Forest Fires
The rampant forest fires that occured last year in Indonesia drew attention as it had brought huge losses. This...
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Indonesia |
12-Apr-2016 |
BRG Needs Rp11tn to Restore Petlands in Riau
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) will restore 933,000 hectares of degraded peatlands in...
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Indonesia |
14-Apr-2016 |
Govt Preparing Moratorium on Palm Oil and Mining in Peatland Areas
Jakarta. President Joko Widodo's administration is currently preparing a moratorium on palm-oil plantations and...
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Indonesia |
20-Apr-2016 |
Indonesia’s largest pulp-for-paper producer risks defaulting on sustainability commitments due to bad peatland management
Netherlands – In 2013 Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) committed to use plantation fiber instead of clearing natural...
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Indonesia |
26-Apr-2016 |
AS Bantu 50 Juta Dollar untuk Pengelolaan Hutan Lestari di Indonesia
BALIKPAPAN, KOMPAS.com – Pemerintah Amerika Serikat menggelontorkan dana 50 juta dollar AS untuk membantu...
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Indonesia |
27-Apr-2016 |
Sagu, Solusi Masa Depan Masyarakat Pesisir
JAKARTA (SK) – Pemerintah seharusnya mengembangkan sagu sebagai solusi ketahanan pangan masyarakat pesisir. Karena...
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Indonesia |
27-Apr-2016 |
Recent plantation expansions on peatlands came with huge carbon costs
New research finds plantation development in peatlands in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia has increased 37 percent...
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Indonesia |
27-Apr-2016 |
APP committed to stopping haze and zero deforestation
We refer to the letter “Tackling new mills a key way to stop the haze at source” (April 23). We thank Mr Chris...
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Indonesia |
30-Apr-2016 |
Thousands of hotspots detected in peatlands this year
Thousands of hotspots have been detected by the government this year, an early warning sign of the rampant forest...
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Indonesia |