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  WWF Uses Video Camera Traps to "Catch" Rare Tiger and Cubs
  These beautiful babies are depending on the good will of humans for their survival.
  by DistortedAngel / on Jan 8, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “sumatra”

 

• With an Aroma of Rotting Flesh, Indonesian Corpse Flower Blooms in Ohio

  
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  A flower unlike any other flower is growing at The Ohio State Universitys Botanical Greenhouse. After years of cultivation, what may be the worst smelling flower in the world, the amorphophallus titanum, has bloomed.
  3 days ago

• Best choice Copper Moon Sumatra Dark Coffee, Whole Bean, 5-Pound Bag

  
  Shop2Hands — Authority: 140
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• Top 10 Tourist Places in Indonesia

  
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  The beautiful country of Indonesia is located on the Equator and lies in between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Boasting of about 18110 islands out of which about 6000 are inhabited, Indonesia is the largest archipelago and the fourth most populous country of the world. The following are the Top 10 tourist ...
  2 weeks ago

• New UN report gives Indonesia low marks in forest governance

  
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  A new UN report exposes serious flaws in Indonesia’s forest governance, serving as a wake up call to policy makers aiming to conserve forests in the country, which boasts the third largest area of tropical forest coverage in the world. On Monday, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) together with the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Padang in West Sumatra ready to host Tourism Indonesia Mart & Expo 2013

  
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  JAKARTA, Indonesia - The Indonesian annual travel mart, the Tourism Indonesia Mart & Expo (TIME) or “Pasar Wisata Indonesia” will take place this year in Padang, the capital city of West Sumatra, read more
  2 weeks ago

• Magnificence of Lumbini Natural Park Pagoda

  
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  Pagoda Taman Alam Lumbini (Lumbini Natural Park Pagoda) is a replica of Shwedagon Pagoda in Myanmar.  This Pagoda is the second highest replica outside Myanmar, and is the tallest pagoda in Indonesia. This pagoda was opened to the public since 2010. This pagoda is gold painted with beautiful architecture showing its ...
  2 weeks ago

• Court rules for palm oil company in controversial deforestation case

  
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  Court orders Aceh governor to reverse decision to cancel palm oil concession in protected peatlands. An Indonesian court has ruled in favor of plantation company PT Kallista Alam in a lawsuit brought against the governor of Indonesia’s Aceh province for revoking the company’s license to develop palm oil ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pictures From Belitung Island, Sumatra

  
  This Way To Paradise — Authority: 126
  “The best beach in the world.”  That was what I thought when I stepped onto Tanjung Tinggi Beach on  Belitung Island in Sumatra.  Pictures can’t give you the feeling of what it’s like to walk among the granite rocks that are towering above you.  The water of the ocean is crystal clear and just invites you ...
  2 weeks ago

• Endangered primates and cats may be hiding out in swamps and mangrove forests

  
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  What happens to animals when their forest is cut down? If they can, they migrate to different forests. But in an age when forests are falling far and fast, many species may have to shift to entirely different environments. A new paper in Folia Primatologica theorizes that some 60 primate species and 20 wild cat ...
  3 weeks ago

• Malaysia may loan Indonesia rhinos to save species from extinction

  
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  Conservationists and officials meeting last month at a rhino crisis summit in Singapore agreed to a radical plan to loan Sumatran rhinos between nations if it means saving the critically endangered species from extinction. The proposal, which could still be thwarted by red tape and political opposition, could lead ...
  3 weeks ago

• APP answers questions on new forest conservation policy

  
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  In February, Asia Pulp & Paper, one the worlds largest paper producers, announced a forest conservation policy that would effectively exclude fiber sourced through conversion of rainforests and peatlands. The announcement however was met by skepticism by many in the environmental movement due to APPs failures to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Samsung admits to using tin linked to child labor, deforestation; Apple mum on sourcing

  
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  Mobile device giant Samsung has admitted to using tin sourced from a controversial mining operation on the Indonesian island of Bangka, where unregulated mining kills 150 miners a year and causes substantial environmental damage, reports The Guardian and Mongabay-Indonesia.
  4 weeks ago

• Hot weather can cause stroke

  
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  Communities are expected to be aware of the current hot weather hit several areas in the country. Because the hot weather not only can cause diaper rash and respiratory infections, but also trigger stroke risk. Specialists in internal medicine, Dr. Umar Zein, in Medan, North Sumatra, said the hot air that is too high ...
  4 weeks ago

• Indonesian palm oil giant clearing peat forest despite its RSPO membership, alleges Greenpeace

  
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  A major Indonesian palm oil producer continues to clear rainforests in Sumatra despite being a prominent member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), casting doubts on the bodys effectiveness in limiting deforestation, alleges a new report from Greenpeace.
  4 weeks ago

• University of Wollongong to help work on Sumatra cave excavations

  
  SEAArch - The Southeast Asian Archaeology Newsblog — Authority: 133
  The Indonesian National Research and Development Center for Archaeology and University of Wollongong’s Centre for Archaeological Science will collaborate on the Gua Harimau site in Sumatra. Art, bodies found in ancient caves Illawara Mercury, 11 April 2013 Archaeologists at the University of Wollongong will ...
  4 weeks ago

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