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Satellite detects 44 hotspots in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua Satellites have detected 40 hotspots located in Sumatra Island, which were mostly found in Riau ...

Indonesians flock to polling stations

Indonesians living in eastern parts of the country have flocked to polling stations in their respective areas on ...

Task force seizes 450 tons of wood from biosphere reserve

The Riau haze mitigation task force has seized more than 450 tons of illegal wood during a crackdown on encroachers at ...

Task force extinguish fire in Riau

The haze disaster mitigation task force has claimed that they have successfully extinguished 173 hot spots that burned ...

1.6 million liters water dropped over Riau to extinguish fire

Special task force in Riau has dropped 1.6 million liters of water over the area to extinguish forest fires there, ...

Task force deploy 558 personnel to hunt down forest encroachers

The Riau Haze Emergency Task Force has deployed 558 personnel to hunt down forest encroachers and arsonists that ...

Racing against time to save Riau`s biosphere reserve from fires

Sumatras Riau Province is badly hit by forest and plantations fires, and the largest number of the hotspots detected ...

All mining firms expected to sign contract amendment

All of the 112 mineral contractor companies (KK) and coal mining contractor firms (PKP2B) are expected to sign the ...

Rescuers find rafting victims in Malang, two dead

A rescue team has found two victims who died in a rafting accident caused by strong waves in Brantas River, Batu City, ...

Fires scorch 6,000 hectares of land, forests in Riau

Six thousand hectares of land and forests were destroyed by fire in Riau province, according to a disaster mitigation ...

Four tigers wander around as their habitat catches fire

Four Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) were wandering in the area where fire brigade personnel were ...

Bangladeshi illegal immigrants arrested in Riau

Riau police arrested Eight Bangladeshi nationals, alleged to be illegal immigrants, in Bengkalis district, according ...

Visibility only 50 meters in Riau due to haze

The worsening forest fires in some areas of Riau Province has reduced the visibility to about only 50 meters, an ...

18,002 evacuees from mount sinabung eruptions still taking shelter

Many evacuees from the Mount Sinabung eruptions in North Sumatras Karo district have returned home, with nearly 18 ...

10 people named as suspects in Riau`s forested land fires

The Environment Ministry has named 10 people charged with setting fire to forested land in Riau Province last year. ...