Differences in the structure of the ocean floor off the coast of Sumatra could explain why the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake created a much larger tsunami than a similar magnitude quake the following year, according to a study.

Concerns have been raised following the Indonesian government's decision to build the country's first nuclear power plant on Java, a densely popu

• Ukraine and Turkmenistan are going to propose the establishment of a consortium with Russia and Kazakhstan for transporting gas to Europe.

The objective of this article is to study the implications of changes in land use induced by economic growth, economy-wide policies, and governance on deforestation and forest-induced atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions. Economic growth, democracy, and trade policy explain an important share of the variation in two key determinants of deforestation: agricultural expansion and road building.

Agrochemical giant Monsanto is embroiled in a major corruption scandal in Indonesia. The company has admitted to paying bribes to Indonesian officials to evade conducting an environmental impact

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