Indonesia Tourist Arrivals Up 13 Percent in 2007
Saturday, February 2nd 2008
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The number of tourists visited Indonesia, including island of Bali, rose 13 percent to 5.51 million in 2007 from 4.87 million in 2006, data from the Central Bureau of Statistics published Friday.Tourist arrivals through Indonesia’s 15 main entry points nationwide grew 13.4 percent to 4.54 million in 2007, according to the released figures.
UN Sponsored Bali Climate Conference Kicks Off
Tuesday, December 4th 2007
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Government leaders from more than 180 nations started Monday UN sponsored climate conference on fighting global warming, which would decide whether cuts in carbon emissions should be mandatory or voluntary, how to reduce deforestation, how to stop devastating sea level rises, or avoid sending millions further into poverty and lead to the mass extinction of animals, including ways in helping developing countries.
Delegates and scientists from around the world opened the biggest-ever climate conference Monday, aiming to build a new international pact by 2009 to combat global warming — or risk economic and environmental disaster.
Some 10,000 conferees, activists and journalists from more than 180 countries gathered on the resort island of Bali for two weeks of U.N.-led talks that follow a series of scientific reports this year concluding that the world has the technology to slow global warming, but must act immediately.
The Bali meeting will be the first major climate change conference since former Vice President Al Gore — due in Bali next week — and a U.N. scientific council won the Nobel Peace Prize in October for their environmental work, feeding the growing sense of urgency as ice caps melt, oceans rise and extreme weather increases.