#air quality

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Fighter planes monitor fires in Riau

Several of the Air Force`s Hawk 100/200 fighter planes have been deployed to monitor bush fires in Sumatra`s Riau ...

Around 200 hotspots detected in C. Kalimantan

Around 200 hotspots have been detected in Central Kalimantan, according to Andreas Dodi, a researcher at the Natural ...

Indonesia to host ASEAN officials on environment meeting

Indonesia will play host to the 24th ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment (ASOEN) from Aug. 26 to 31 in ...

Ash rain in Pekanbaru after forest fires

Several areas in Pekanbaru have been hit by ash rain, following forest fires for the past two days, said an ...

Police arrest 23 suspects over forest fires

The Police of Riau have arrested 23 suspects in connection with forest and peat land fires in the province that have ...

Three flights from Dumai cancelled due to haze

Three flights from Dumai city are cancelled due to low visibility following haze that is still happening in the area, ...

Conversion of land function reduces farmers` welfare

The Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) said that the increasing conversion of agricultural land into settlement or ...

Haze raises respiratory disease sufferers by 20 pct

The Health Monitoring Office (KKP) of Pekanbaru`s Port recorded increase in respiratory disease by 20 percent as a ...

Air quality index in Riau improving

Air quality index in Riau has continued to improve in line with the declining number of forest and land fires ...

BNPB sets aside Rp25 billion to battle forest fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has set aside Rp25 billion (around 2.5 million US Dollar) to make ...

Peabody Energy Chairman And CEO Delivers China Development Forum Address On Economic, Environmental Benefits Of 21st Ce

- In an address to the China Development Forum Economic Summit in Beijing, Peabody Energy Chairman and CEO Gregory H. ...

Euro 3 to be implemented in August 2013

The Minister of Environment, Balthasar Kambuaya, has officially announced the enactment of the new emissions standard ...

UL Announces Global Certification for Environmentally Preferable Cleaning Products

-     Internationally Recognized Environmental Leadership Standards to Facilitate the Manufacture ...

New Tool from UL Environment's SQ(R) Program Helps Manufacturers Gauge Sustainability Efforts

-     UL Environment, a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), announced today the launch ...

Taiwan ranked 29th in global environmental performance

Taiwan was ranked 29th among 132 countries in a recent report on environmental performance published by renowned U.S. ...