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Indonesia biomass drive threatens key forests: Report
In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 photo, an orangutan sits on the branch of a tree before being rescued and relocated from at a swath of destructed forest near a palm oil plantation at Tripa peat swamp in Aceh province, Indonesia.
AP / Binsar Bakkara
2024-10-10, Phys Dot Org
Indonesia's push to add wood-burning to its energy mix and exports is driving deforestation, including in key habitats for endangered species such as orangutans, a report...
Indonesian leader holds first cabinet meeting in unfinished future capital
In this photo released by Indonesian Presidential Palace, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, center, talks to journalists companied by Indonesian Defense Minister and president-elect Prabowo Subianto, right, in the new capital city Nusantara in Penajam Paser Utara, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Monday, Aug.12, 2024. (Muchlis Jr/Indonesian President Palace via AP)
Muchlis Jr/Indonesian President Palace via AP
2024-08-12, Wtop
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian PresidentJoko Widodo held his first cabinet meeting in the future capital of Nusantara, amid miles of construction sites and doubts...
Can Prabowo coherently govern Indonesia?
FILE - Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, left, and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, arrive for the fifth presidential candidates' debate in Jakarta, Indonesia Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024. Indonesia, the world's third-largest democracy, will open its polls on Wednesday to nearly 205 million eligible voters in presidential and legislative elections, the fifth since Southeast Asia's largest economy began democratic reforms in 1998.
AP / Tatan Syuflana, File
2024-05-22, Asiatimes
Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, won February’s presidential election in a landslide victory of nearly 59% of the nationwide vote, more than double his...
Diverse diets of civets in Borneo rainforest allow them to live in same geographical area2024-11-21
Science Daily: Typically, closely related animal species have...
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS Form 6 K (Star Bulk Carriers Corporation)2024-11-20
Public Technologies: ) MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS The following is a discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of Star Bulk Carriers Corp. ("Star Bulk") for the nine-month periods ended...
Friends of the Earth files OECD Complaint against BlackRock for Investments in Agribusiness Companies Causing Environmental, Human Rights Violations (Friends of the Earth USA)2024-11-20
Public Technologies: ) HomeNews ReleasesFriends of the Earth files OECD Complaint against BlackRock for Investments in Agribusiness Companies Causing Environmental, Human Rights Violations Friends of the Earth files OECD Complaint against BlackRock for Investments in...
A Bornean orangutan on a fearless quest for figs: Tim Laman’s best photograph2024-11-20
The Guardian: ‘While it was dark, I climbed up and put remote control cameras in the tree. I’d never have got the shot if I’d been up there. An orangutan always knows you’re there’ I was following orangutans in Borneo with my wife, Cheryl Knott, a primatologist who has...
Quarterly Report for Quarter Ending September 30, 2024 (Form 10-Q) (Verde Resources Inc)2024-11-19
Public Technologies: ) vrdr_10q.htmUNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-Q (Mark One) ☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024 or ☐...
Odia community of Nagpur celebrates Boita Bandana festival with traditional fervour2024-11-19
The Times of India: Nagpur: The popular water bodies of Organa City Nagpur including the Thakur Talao, Ambazari, Telengkhedi, Jhilpi etc saw a different morning on the auspicious day of Kartik Purnima, wherein hundreds of Prabashi Odias gathered to...
TCS Group Bags RM611.30 Mln Contract For Pan Borneo Highway In Sabah2024-11-19
Malaysian National News Agency: BUSINESS >NEWSTCSGroup Bags RM611.30 Mln Contract For Pan Borneo Highway In Sabah 19/11/2024 07:17 PM KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (Bernama)...
Brunei held World Kindness Day celebration2024-11-19
China.dot.org: BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Progresif Sdn Bhd, one of Brunei's major...
Increasing number of MPs from Borneo States requires constitutional amendment, says Kulasegaran2024-11-19
The Star: KUALA LUMPUR: Increasing the number of MPs from Sabah and Sarawak will require an amendment to Article 46 of the Federal Constitution, says M. Kulasegaran. Read full story ......
RM280.7 Mln Allocation For Sports Facilities Development, Improvement In Sarawak2024-11-19
Malaysian National News Agency: GENERAL >NEWS RM280.7 Mln Allocation For Sports Facilities Development, Improvement In Sarawak 19/11/2024 03:29 PM Datuk SeriAbdul KarimRahmanHamzah...
Phase 1B Of Pan Borneo Highway In Sabah To Be Completed In Sept 20282024-11-19
Malaysian National News Agency: GENERAL >NEWSPhase 1B Of Pan Borneo Highway In SabahTo Be Completed In Sept 2028 19/11/2024 03:00 PM KOTA KINABALU, Nov 19 (Bernama) -- Phase 1B of...
Brunei enhances effort to combat air pollution2024-11-19
Xinhua: BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Brunei held a signing ceremony for the Clean Air for Sustainable ASEAN (the...
Sarawak to revive Borneo Games next year2024-11-19
The Star: KUCHING: Sarawak plans to revive the Borneo Games next year to strengthen regional cooperation and unity, says Datuk SeriAbdul KarimRahmanHamzah. Read full story ......
Electric fencing along Telupid part of Sabah’s Pan Borneo Highway to protect wildlife, says Shahelmey2024-11-19
The Star: KOTA KINABALU: Elephant and wildlife safety have been taken into consideration in the construction of Sabah’s Pan Borneo Highway, said state Works MinisterDatuk Seri Shahelmey Yahya. Read full story ......