At a recent ceremony in London hosted by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, Indonesian conservationist Hotlin Ompusunggu received the 2011 Whitley Award for her conservation work in West Kalimantan.

A federal assessment shows more than 3,000 desert tortoises that are threatened with extinction would be disturbed by a California solar project, and up to 700 of the young turtles…

More than 230 million hectares of forested areas across the globe will disappear by 2050 if no action is taken, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warns.

A lot has changed since Nidup, 89, fought the last forest fire in his remote Bhutanese village in Chaling, Mongar. The forest has become the community’s property, random felling of…

The ambitious brainchild of former first lady Tien Soeharto, the gargantuan Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) is celebrating its 36th anniversary this month.

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan launched on Monday Indonesia's official Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) program website, www.redd-indonesia.org.

Scientists are monitoring a massive pool of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean that could spill into the Atlantic and potentially alter the ocean currents that bring Western Europe its…

Cleaning crews on Sunday finished removing millions of fish found floating dead in a Southern California marina, five days after the slimy, stinking mass of sardines was discovered.

The Green Building Council Indonesia (GBCI) said on Friday that green building certification will be prioritized for government offices.