(9/22/2007) A report in the Indonesian-language Bali Post highlights the growing level of tension in local communities resulting from the current boom in real estate development across the island of Bali.

JAKARTA (Antara): Indonesia needs to apply the biosphere reserve concept, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) said.The biosphere reserve concept could balance the economic and environmental conservation interests toward sustainable development, LIPI Deputy Head Dr.

A number of oil and gas giants including U.S.-based Chevron, Exxon and ConocoPhillips, France-based Total and British-based Shell and BP, are set to submit their bids in the government's next tender for oil and gas exploration projects in the country, an official says.

JAKARTA - The botched privatization of an Indonesian water utility represents the latest cautionary tale debunking market fundamentalist dogma that private management and pricing are in the interests of the public good.

The administrations of Jakarta and the state of New South Wales (NSW) in Australia are seeking to enhance their sister state-province relationship, with NSW sending a delegation of businesspeople to Indonesia this week.