A US nuclear-powered submarine could have leaked radioactive water during a Singapore stop in September 2006, Singapore`s Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean said Monday.
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Rare leopards found in Indonesian Borneo forest: researcher
A new population of rare leopard has been found living in thick forests on the Indonesian half of Borneo island, a researcher said Thursday.
Read more »WWF holds demonstration activity on REDD scheme in Papua
The Papua branch of the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) Indonesia Sahul Region held a demonstration activity on the Reducing Emission from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) scheme in Sentani, Jayapura, from July 23 to 24, 2008.
Read more »RI to have additional potential to absorb 2.4 million tons of carbon
Indonesia will have an additional potential to absorb 2.4 million tons of carbon if the government is successful in its efforts to mobilize the people to plant 100 million trees by the end of 2008, Forestry Minister MS Kaban said.
Read more »VP: Responsibility for Sidoarjo mudflow losses taken over by Lapindo
Vice President Jusuf Kalla said PT Lapindo had de facto taken responsibility for the losses suffered by local people by the mudflow in Sidoarjo, East Java.
Read more »Ebony tree in RI on brink of extinction
The ebony tree (Diospyros celebica) population in Indonesia is on the brink of extinction, Forestry Minister MS Kaban said here Thursday.
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Vietnam to build more eartquake warning stations
Vietnam will invest nearly 4.4 million USD (70 billion VND) into building 12 earthquake warning stations, announced an official from the Geophysics Institute on May 22.
Read more »Biodiversity protection starts from agriculture, says UN chief
Efforts to prevent the loss of biodiversity should start from agriculture, said UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon Thursday in a message on the International Day for Biological Diversity.
Read more »Indonesian children help US embassy `go green` for Earth Day event
Over 80 Indonesian children helped U.S. Ambassador Cameron R. Hume celebrate Earth Day through poetry, sports, environmentally-themed games and even a puppet show by the characters from Trans-7`s "Jalan Sesama."
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