Good News From Indonesia

“‘Follow your passion, and be the best at it.” Menjadi moto hidup yang patut diteladani dari seorang pribadi muda, kreatif dan inspiratif. Marco Devian (22), pemuda asal Kota Bandung, Jawa Barat ini memiliki segudang prestasi. Marco, begitu sapaan akrabnya, menempuh pendidikan formal di Wesley College dan kemudian melanjutkan studinya di Curtin University Australia. Business Managament [...]

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The biggest underwater water imagery festival in the Asia Pacific is headed to North Sulawesi as the 10th Celebrate the Sea Festival 2011 is ready to bring the world’s underwater splendors to the shores of Manado, from 23-25 September 2011 at the Sintesa Peninsula Hotel. Howard & Michelle Hall, world renowned film makers for the [...]

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Anda pasti tidak asing lagi dengan nama ‘Grand Canyon’, sebuah ngarai yang sangat terkenal di Arizona, Amerika Serikat. Tapi pernahkah anda mendengar nama ‘Green Canyon‘? Green Canyon adalah sebuah tempat di daerah Ciamis, Jawa Barat. Oleh penduduk sekitar, tempat ini lebih dikenal dengan sebutannya dalam bahasa sunda yaitu ‘Cukang Taneuh‘, yang dalam bahasa Indonesia berarti [...]

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The short article below is originally from NewScientist, published on 22 August 2011. It was reported by Michael Marshall, an environment reporter. Enjoy reading..! If someone had made a horror movie about alien wasps and hired H. R. Giger to do the designs, the resulting monsters might have looked something like this. But this “warrior [...]

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Traversing the jungle in hope of spotting an orangutan is a trip highlight for many tourists who venture to North Sumatra. The Bukit Lawang area, about 85 kilometers northwest of the provincial capital, Medan, offers visitors the chance to get close to the majestic apes while still getting a good night’s sleep, dining on familiar [...]

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Hundreds of migratory raptors and Tringa brevipe birds have arrived in forest areas along the coast of Rupat Isle, Bengkalis District, Riau Province. “This August (2011), several local residents spotted the rare birds. There were hundreds of them. They perched on tall trees,” Surya Adnan, a local prominent figure at Tanjung Rhu, Rupat Sub District, [...]

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Please meet Mila Parakkasi, an Indonesian woman on WWF tiger conservationist’s team. She heads the tiger research team who worked on Central Sumatra, Indonesia, setting up camera traps to photograph or film tigers, which used to help calculate the number of tigers and their movement patterns, gathering data that aids in tiger and habitat conservation. [...]

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This year Sail Belitong program is believed to be able to make Belitong as a tourist destination. Belitong as a third tourist destination after Bali and Nusa Tenggara, was raised for the first time by the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Indonesia Republic, Jero Wacik at the opening ceremony at Tanjungpendam at the end [...]

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By Faisal Cahyadi The day is shiny. The sky is clear enough at Pronojiwo view point, situated 800 m above sea level, to enjoy a mesmerizing view of Mt. Merapi, the most active volcano in Indonesia, if not in the world. The place is located at Kaliurang, north of Yogyakarta. Having busy with my weekdays, [...]

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Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA News) – Three Bali Starlings (Leucopsar rothschildi), also known as Rothschild`s Mynah, were successfully returned to their habitat in the Bali Bird Park from Jurong Bird Park in Singapore. “We made an effort to return the birds in order to protect the Balinese bird species from extinction,” Widya Prajanthi, a spokesman of [...]

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