#riau province

Collection of riau province news, found 120 news.

Indonesia studies prescribed burning to curb wildfires

Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is studying the use of prescribed burning in certain ...

House Speaker urged govt to curb forest and land fires

House Speaker Puan Maharani urged the government to implement immediate strategic measures against escalating forest ...

Riau puts 11 regions on forest fire alert ahead of dry season

Eleven regions in Riau Province have declared a forest and land fire emergency alert status to strengthen mitigation ...

Makassar Police seize 6 kg of meth with international link

Makassar Police in South Sulawesi seized more than six kilograms of methamphetamine and arrested seven suspects ...

Indonesia launches auctions for 13 new oil and gas blocks

Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) is auctioning 13 new oil and gas blocks at the ...

Ministry identifies seven peat hotspots highly prone to wildfires

The Ministry of Environment has identified seven peatland locations that are at high risk of forest and land fires, ...

Indonesian Police foil attempted smuggling of 68 migrants to Malaysia

Indonesian authorities in Riau Province have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 68 people across the border to Malaysia, ...

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 ...

Lawmaker pushes for development of Dumai-Malacca RoRo ferry service

An Indonesian lawmaker urged the government to immediately carry out the development of the roll-on roll-off (RoRo) ...

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 ...

Young Sumatran tiger captured near village in Indonesia

Authorities in Indonesia’s Riau Province captured a young Sumatran tiger after it entered a trap cage set near a ...

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 ...

Indonesia to reconnect Sumatran elephant corridors in Riau

Indonesia’s Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni stated that the government will reconnect fragmented corridors for ...

Conservation alarm: Elephant shot and dismembered in Riau

The deaths of elephants in Riau Province have become a grim annual ritual. Four were killed in 2023, two in 2024, ...

Brutal killing of Sumatran elephant sparks police manhunt in Riau

The Riau Regional Police have deployed a team to track suspects behind the illegal killing of a Sumatran elephant found ...