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Download The World Health Organisation says more than 1 billion people in the world still defecate outside in the open.

60 percent out of them live in Asia.

Indonesia’s West Nusa Tenggara Province has launched a program to make the area open defecation free.

As Rachmawati reports, a subdistrict of the capital of Mataram is using unique methods to support the program.

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Download In Singapore and Malaysia, heritage areas have been bringing in tourist dollars for decades.

However in the Old Dutch areas of the Indonesian capital, there are very few foreign visitors and the buildings are falling apart.

It’s a lost opportunity for a city many tourists avoid.

Ben Westcott went with volunteers from one organisation trying to preserve Jakarta’s past.

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Download Indonesia's forests have been at the mercy of loggers for decades.

But sustained campaigns from conservation groups to stop the clearing and destruction of carbon-rich peatlands are now paying off.

One of the world's largest pulp and paper companies, Asia Pulp and Paper, says it will no longer log virgin rainforests.

They’re the world’s third largest company of its kind selling their products to 65 countries.

Conservation groups have accused it of illegally logging protected species and directly threatening the endangered Sumatran tiger.

George Roberts from Radio Australia has more from Aditya Bayunanda, from Indonesia’s World Wildlife Fund.

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Download Indonesia has one-quarter of the world’s mangrove forests, but it’s losing them at a rate of 6 percent a year.

The government said the mangrove forest destruction has reached an alarming level.

With damage to 70 percent of the mangrove forests, it’s vital to preserve what’s left and replant more.

As Rumondang Nainggolan reports, a village in Brebes, Central Java has found a unique way of protecting their mangrove forests.