Thursday, May 23 2013, 16:29 PM

Environment

Begonias in the garden

Begonias, those waxy, petalled, succulent plants found in greenhouses or bright bathroom corners are, surprisingly, native to Indonesia.

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  • National environmental movement mourns the passing of a leader

    For the helmsman of a tech-savvy, archipelago-spanning NGO, Hapsoro cut a distinctly retro figure. In Bogor, his home base, people remember him on “car-free” Sunday mornings riding a beat-up bicycle…

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  • Kids play Mozart with violins made from garbage

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    The sounds of a classical guitar come from two big jelly cans. Used X-rays serve as the skins of a thumping drum set. A battered aluminum salad bowl and strings…

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  • Toxic waste

    Greenpeace activists stage a protest at an industrial waste disposal area in the Cihaur River, a tributary of the Citarum River in Ciepundeuy village, Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday. Greenpeace…

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  • Save the fish

    Environmental activists depict a school of tuna as they march towards the South Korean Embassy in suburban Taguig, south of Manila, Philippines on Thursday. In their statement, the group demanded…

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  • Indonesia’s for-profit conservationists

    Running alongside the eastern border of Kalimantan’s Tanjung Puting National Park is a broad expanse of oil palm plantation.

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  • UN says greenhouse gases at record high in 2011

    The UN weather agency says concentrations of the main global warming pollutant in the world's air reached a record high in 2011.

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  • A new forum in the capital city — TEDxJakSel

    Handspun batik, Twitter and fighting illegal logging were among the disparate topics that shared a stage over six hours at South Jakarta’s first TEDx conference.

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  • Vietnam may evict bears from 'protected' park land

    Bears rescued from Asia's bear bile trade are enjoying life in a lush Vietnamese national park, but they may need saving once more.

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  • Save the ocean

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    This aerial view shows about 800 Hong Kong schoolchildren and teachers from 14 schools, and volunteers gather to form an image of the Chinese white dolphin with the Chinese characters…

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  • Scientists look at climate change, the superstorm

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    Climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer stood along the Hudson River and watched his research come to life as Hurricane Sandy blew through New York.

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