Indonesia Seeks Allies for Pay-for-Forests Plan
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The Indonesian government spent much of the past week recruiting countries to join it in pressing richer nations to provide incentives to reduce carbon emissions.
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TONY EASTLEY: In central Java today, one of the more unusual meetings for the year. The gathering, co-hosted by Australia&#39;s and Indonesia&#39;s foreign ministers brings together 14 religious leaders to sponsor peace and cooperation in our region.
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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang   Yudhoyono has formed a national team led by the energy minister   to tackle an unfolding environmental disaster caused by mud   pouring from an exploratory oil well.
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Forest-preservation pledges of $166 million this week could entice them to take part in a post-Kyoto climate deal.
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WHOEVER wins government in Australia on October 9 must give top priority to building on the already good relations with Indonesia&#39;s newly elected president.
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has joined the increasing number of creditors willing to consider granting Indonesia debt relief to help cushion the massive financial impact of the Aceh and North Sumatra calamity.
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President Rafael Correa launches a proposal Tuesday for the international community to compensate Ecuador if the country prohibits oil drilling within its rain forest.
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Indonesia will push forward the suggestions on how to resolve the crisis in Iraq that its leader presented after meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush earlier this week, a minister said on Wednesday.
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TONY EASTLEY: On the eve of the Prime Minister&#39;s visit to Indonesia to attend the inauguration of the country&#39;s new President, Australia is signaling its interest in signing a new Security Pact with Indonesia.
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More than three million acres in Alaska would be open to logging under a federal plan that supporters believe will revive the stateâs struggling timber industry.
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Indonesia and East Timor announced this week they would establish a bilateral &quot;truth and friendship commission&quot; to heal wounds between the two countries left by the 1999 violence
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Australia may try to negotiate a new defense and security treaty with Indonesia, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Sunday. A bilateral security agreeement the two neighbors
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A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday pushed for tougher rules to stop American companies from buying illegally logged timber plundered from fragile forests around the world.
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BANGKOK : Conservationists are preparing for key battles at a global wildlife summit in Bangkok as officials warn that the battle to save endangered species is being hampered by lumbering bureaucracy, unwilling governments and a cash crisis.
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Indonesia offered talks with separatist rebels in tsunami-hit Aceh province on Wednesday, hoping to calm security fears for foreign relief workers helping the disaster's victims.
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Australia is considering a security pact with Indonesia if incoming president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono agrees, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said Monday.
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JAKARTA - Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries are planning to boost regional cooperation in investment amid tight international competition - especially in the sector of infrastructure.