RI, Kl Agree To Enhance Ties Through Epg

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, both of you as a leader should more communication.." The seven EPG members from Indonesia are Gen (ret) Try Sutrisno, former vice...

Today is Paul Bunyan Day

Today is officially Paul Bunyan Day, so celebrate everything big today!"Paul Bunyan was a gigantic lumberjack of American Folklore. According out folklore, Paul Bunyan and his blue ox "Babe" lived and...

Mac Trojan in the Wild: Tempest in a Teapot

OSX.Leap.A: This is the first Mac OSX trojan that I've heard of in the wild, though Symantec rates it as low-risk. This is a step beyond proof-of-concept, though it can't really do anything without direct user...

First Nations Rally In A Gathering of Mother Earth's Protectors

A rally message to Dalton McGinty: First Nations have the right to say no to mining and clear-cut logging on their land. With the smell of burning sweet grass and the sound of beating drums, over a thousand First...

North Sumatra`s Walhi reports forest conversion to anti-corruption body

"North Sumatra`s WALHI Executive Director Job R Purba said that PT Ondop Perkasa Makmur had received a business use rights (HGU) permit from the National Agrarian Body (BPN) to conduct logging activities and oil palm tree planting on a forest area covering 8,000 ha in South...

Indonesia losing US$16 bln per year by natural resources theft

"Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said Indonesia`s natural resources which were stolen each year reached a total value of US$16 billion."We have been losing 16 billion dollars every year since 2004," the minister said after planting a `sawo` tree within the Military Academy...

RI is "environmental superpower": US envaoy

"In observance of Earth Day, US Ambassador to Indonesia Cameron R. Hume has written an article titled "Indonesia: Environmental Superpower". Following is his article sent to ANTARA on Tuesday:Anyone who happened to go by the U.S. Embassy over the past few days might have...

RI soldiers find evidence of illegal logging by Malaysians

"The evidence found by members of an army unit guarding the land border with Malaysia from the Siding Post consisted of a bulldozer bearing the Caterpillar brand and 83 logs each 12 meters long and 50 cm in diameter as well as bulldozer tracks crossing the border, chief...

Hot springs save BC men from icy death

To residents of the East Kootenays in BC, natural hot springs tend to be a luxury as opposed to a lifesaver. But the other night when loggers Matt Brunham and Dustin Tily crashed into Whiteswan Lake near Cranbrook,...

Dark calendar features clear-cut photos

It's been a while since we heard much from the Albertans so desperate to stop the clear-cutting of 800,000 acres in the eastern Kananaskis, a program which has already begun.  But they've been busy. ...

Asian leaders promote green region, nuclear power

"Leaders from 10 Southeast Asian nations, along with their counterparts from Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea, are to release the statement when they meet Wednesday for the East Asia summit. In the draft, the leaders pledge to work towards an...

RI should adopt logging moratorium policy

""The logging moratorium should become a government policy, instead of being a forest guard, and receiving wages from forest and environment destroyers as offered by REDD," Walhi executive director, Chalid Muhammad...

Nurwahid deplores lack of eradication optimally

""I am very sad to learn that the suspect of illegal logging later walked out free from the court," he said. Lately a rumour was developing in the community that the authorities and law enforcers had been dictated by a ring of judicial mafia and therefore all the relevant...

Judicial Commission to check background of Adelin`s acquittal

""The panel of judges, police and prosecutors who handled Adelin`s case will be asked to provide clarifications on the court verdict," YK member for public services Zainal Arifin said here on Thursday. He said the...

Bali conference provides opportunity to show commitment to solving climate ch...

""The forests in Indonesia, covering total of 120.3 million hectares of land, are believed to have the potential to reduce emissions significantly" Ka`ban said. But, he added, that in the meantime, the forests in...

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