Fealac plays significant role in promoting ecotourism: official

"FEALAC (Forum for East Asia and Latin America Cooperation) plays a significant role in promoting ecotourism internationally, an Indonesian tourism official said. "The Forum which has 33 member countries including Indonesia, has a total population of 2.5 billion, which is...

S Korean Bizman`s Suspected Killers Include Three Countrymen

"Sanur, Bali, (ANTARA News) - The local police are currently holding 10 men, including three South Korean nationals, in custody as suspects in the abduction and murder last May of South Korean businessman Kim Jung Tae (52). Kim was found dead in a villa in the Sanur area with...

Badung, Denpasar's Big Sister

"Badung Regency, south coast of Bali When the other rival kingdoms in south Bali were defeated by the Dutch in 1900, Badung Kingdom gained an expansive links trade. But it was last only for six years as Badung was finally invaded in 1906 through a massive battle known as...

Yudhoyono, UNFCCC delegates to visit Nusa Penida island

"The president and the delegates will observe pollution-free tourism objects such as wind power plants and environment friendly electricity installations of the state-owned electricity company PLN. According to the committee, the tour of the island would take three hours...

International environmental crimes earn US$31 bln

""International crime syndicates earn US$22-31 billion annually from hazardous waste dumping, smuggling proscribed hazardous materials, exploiting and trafficking of protected natural resources and illegal trade of Ozone depleting substances (ODS)," Atul Bagai, regional...

Indonesia to ban CFC use in manufacturing process starting July 2008

"Meanwhile, Blaise Horisberger, UNEP (United Nations Environment Program) Network and Policy Manager of the OzonAction, in his remarks at the conference, congratulated Indonesia for its decision to ban the import of CFCs from the beginning of 2008. The UNEP official referred...

UNEP Organizes meeting OF ODS officers in Bali

"Ozone Depleting Substance (ODS) officers from 25 countries are attending a Joint Meeting of the South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Network of ODS officers in Sanur, Bali Island, from November 12 to 14, 2007. The regional meeting was organized by the United Nations...

International environmental crimes earn US$ 31 bln

""International crime syndicates earn US$22-31 billion annually from hazardous waste dumping, smuggling proscribed hazardous materials, exploiting and trafficking of protected natural resources and illegal trade of Ozone depleting substances (ODS)," Atul Bagai, regional...