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A harsher dry season tests Indonesia's fire strategy

Indonesia is moving early to reinforce its defenses against forest and land fires as signs of a prolonged dry season ...

Govt urges forest fire vigilance as RI faces record low rainfall

Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq urged increased vigilance against forest and land fires as Indonesia is ...

Indonesia serves as ASEAN haze control hub through ACCTHPC

Minister of Environment Hanif Faisol Nurofiq inaugurated the office of the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Transboundary ...

Govt conducts weather modification in Riau to prevent forest fires

The Ministry of Forestry has conducted a weather modification operation in Riau Province to reduce the potential for ...

Battling wildfires on a remote and quiet frontier of Natuna

The skies turned a deep red in the final weeks of March and early April over Natuna District, Riau Islands ...

Minister urges regions to reactivate fire volunteers

Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq has urged regional governments to reactivate Fire Care Community (MPA) ...

BMKG warns of potential El Nio impact in second half of 2026

Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has warned that global climate patterns could ...

Preventing fires, govt urges corporations to avoid land clearing

Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni warned the public and corporations not to conduct land clearing, to prevent forest ...

Riau fires rage in five regions, three others cooling down

A joint team continues battling forest and land fires across five districts in Indonesia’s Riau Province, while ...

BNPB provides two helicopters to support Riau's forest fire patrols

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has provided two patrol helicopters to assist in the management and ...

IKN sets aside space for wildlife, forest restoration

The Nusantara Capital City (IKN), located in North Penajam Paser District and Kutai Kartanegara District, East ...

Villages need to strengthen disaster preparedness amid climate risks

The Ministry of Villages and Disadvantaged Regions is promoting enhanced village capacity in disaster mitigation and ...

Indonesia maps fire-prone regions to curb forest and land fires

The Indonesian Ministry of Forestry has mapped regions prone to forest and land fires to mitigate fire incidents, with ...

Indonesia, South Korea vow closer investment, cultural ties

Indonesia’s People’s Consultative Assembly Chairman Ahmad Muzani and South Korean National Assembly Speaker ...

Prabowo revises Nusantara Capital design to tackle heat, forest fire

President Prabowo Subianto has revised the design of the Nusantara Capital City (IKN) by ordering the addition of ...