By Fardah Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesia, as one of the world`s mega diversity countries, has planned to ratify two significant agreements, respectively on the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and ASEAN Agreement on Trans-boundary Haze Pollution (AATHP). “The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of [...]
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia`s forestry exports are estimated to reach US$9 billion this year, up 30 percent from last year`s US$ 7 billion. The new foreign exchange earning would be achieved if the forestry ministry could optimize the existing opportunities and potentials as well as intensify coordination with the related institutions, Agung Nugraha, chairman of [...]
J akarta (ANTARA News) – The government will maximize the use of new and renewable energy, especially geothermal, hydro-energy and bio-fuels, before deciding to use nuclear energy. Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry`s Director General for Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Luluk Sumiarso said here on Tuesday that the use of nuclear energy would be the [...]
Aan Suryana, The Jakarta Post Indonesia will host the World Economic Forum on East Asia on June 12 and 13 in Jakarta — the first time the nation has hosted such an event. The forum is expected to be attended by more than 500 people who shape the lives of billions of people around the [...]
Bagus BT Saragih, The Jakarta Post Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa and Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Kevin Rudd are scheduled to open the Fourth Bali Regional Ministerial Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crimes, in Bali on Wednesday, an official statement says. At list 18 ministers and officials from 41 participating [...]
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The World Bank will begin the second phase of a program supporting the Indonesian government’s efforts to strengthen water and food security through managing water resources better. The Water Resources and Irrigation Sector Management program is expected to directly impact over 500,000 farming households in 100 districts across 14 provinces. With [...]
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Investment Coordinating Board chief Gita Wirjawan says integrated service have been realized in 50 regencies. Such service is needed to tackle investment issues at the regency and municipal levels. “There is improvement every week. We targeted to have the service in 100 regencies,” Gita said in Jakarta yesterday. The government has targeted that [...]
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:The Culture and Tourism Ministry has submitted three requests to UNESCO’s intangible cultural heritage list. According to the Ministry’s Culture and Tourism Resources Development Agency’s chief, I Gde Pitana, the three cultural treasures are traditional Balinese dance for the representative list category, Papuan noken handicraft for the urgent safeguarding list and Taman Mini [...]
Wayang puppeteer Ki Ledjar Subroto’s grandson Nanang Ananto Wicaksana performing the story of William of Orange at Erasmus Huis in Jakarta. (JG Photo/Sylviana Hamdani) Sylviana Hamdani, Jakarta Globe In the hands of Ki Ledjar Subroto and his grandson Nanang Ananto Wicaksana, wayang shadow puppets are no longer the demure traditional Javanese characters, moving slowly and gracefully, [...]
DENPASAR, KOMPAS.com – PT Pelabuhan Indonesia III, Benoa branch, Bali, has received a “Best Port Welcome 2010″ award from “Dream World Cruise Destination” magazine which is based in London, a spokesman said. The magazine had presented the award to a representative of Indonesia’s tourism and culture ministry, Sapta Nirwandar, at the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention [...]
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