Australia`s kangaroos are genetically similar to humans and may have first evolved in China, Australian researchers said on Tuesday.

Environmental activists from Greenpeace continued their campaign in Riau Province on Thursday by hanging on the anchor chain of a crude palm oil tanker MT Iso Corallo at Dumai port.

Greenpeace environmental activists continued their interception of crude palm oil (CPO) shipments in Dumai port waters here Tuesday.

Environmental group Greenpeace said Monday it had stopped several palm oil shipments from leaving Indonesia and called for an end to forests and peatlands being destroyed to make way for plantations.

Home Affairs Minister Mardiyanto on Saturday inaugurated the establishment Sungai Penuh as a new autonomous municipality apart from Kerinci district, some 410 kilometers west of Jambi.

Indonesian Navy and the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) are signing Joint Cooperation Charter on the use and development of meteorology, climatology, air quality, and geophysics.

The government to test a Tsunami early warning on November 11, 2008 all at once all over Indonesia on 4.00 pm WIB. Bali has six tsunami early sirens to be tested.

Prince Charles of Britain called on the Indonesian government to keep its commitment to preserving its forest as damages to forest areas in various countries had caused climate change.

Visiting Prince Charles of Britain who arrived in Jakarta on Saturday (Nov 1) for a five-day visit, on Sunday observed a seedling project in Bungku village, Jambi province and planted the rare Ironwood tree.

China is committed to seeking a climate change pact at key talks next year, the prime minister of Denmark said on Thursday, urging countries not to use global economic upheaval as a reason for delaying a deal.

A species of cockatoo feared to have become extinct has been "rediscovered" with the sighting of a handful of breeding pairs on a remote Indonesian island, researchers said Thursday.