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Indonesia's forest fires take toll on wildlife, big and small
2015-11-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: A disoriented, pregnant orangutan, her treetop home in Indonesian Borneo reduced to charred wood, is rushed to a rehabilitation center by conservationists, who dodged walls of fire and toxic smoke. Veterinarians care for 16 abandoned baby orangutans already living at the center. The babies had developed respiratory infections because of haze from the fire, delaying the conservationists continuing attempts to teach them how to live on their own in the wild. Long-awaited heavy rains this week in...
How Google X is bringing Internet to Indonesia's 17,000 islands
2015-10-30 12:43:34| Wireless - Topix.net
An audacious plan from Google X engineers will soar over wired technology to bring airborne Wi-Fi to the Southern Hemisphere. Google co-founder Sergey Brin walks in front of a giant 'Project Loon' balloon at the Google office in Mountain View, Calif., Oct. 28. Alphabet Inc, the new holding company for Google, has teamed up with three Indonesian telecommunications companies to expand Internet access in that country using solar-powered balloons.
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Indonesia's costly haze problem
2015-10-12 13:47:59| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Indonesia finally takes a stance against companies that pollute
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Indonesia's forest fires threaten orangutan habitat video
2015-10-07 12:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Shocking drone footage captured by Greenpeace field researchers shows extensive peat and forest fires burning in Indonesia. Greenpeaces footage was shot around the edge of the Gunung Palung national park, a major reservoir of biodiversity in Indonesia. It shows fires burning in the deep peat surrounding the national park and in nearby palm oil concessions the result of decades of illegal logging and deforestation for oil palm and pulp plantations
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Has Indonesia's president delivered?
2015-09-30 03:30:47| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Indonesian people are known for being patient and forgiving - but President Joko Widodo will need to act quickly and decisively to ensure he doesn't lose their support.
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