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Land clearance for plantations causal to Indonesia's forest fires

Rasio Ridho Sani, director general of law enforcement of the Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry, pointed to ...

Terra, Aqua satellites identify 1,182 forest fire hotspots in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites tracked 1,182 hotspots suggestive of forest fires throughout Sumatra Island on ...

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Nias Island prepped to engage international surfers, tourists

With the international maritime event of Sail Nias 2019 being organized from July to September 2019, the government is ...

A coordinating ministry commends competence test for geopark guides

The Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs has, for the pioneering instance, facilitated a competence test for ...

Satellites detect 1,313 hotspots in Sumatra on Wednesday

The Pekanbaru meteorology station cited the presence of 1,313 hotspots indicative of forest fires throughout Sumatra ...

Haze impairs visibility to 700 meters in Pekanbaru

Haze emanating from forest fires has caused a drastic drop in visibility in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, to 700 meters on ...

Satellites detect 1,211 fire hotspots throughout Sumatra

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) had identified 1,211 hotspots representing forest fires all ...

Bangka Belitung eyes farm, fishery commodity exports to East Europe

The Provincial Government of Bangka Belitung Island is presently targeting to export its farm and fishery commodities ...

RI devises mosquito infertility technology to curb dengue fever

Indonesia's National Nuclear Energy Agency (Batan) has devised a radiation technology to spray mosquitoes to ...

Jokowi undertakes work visit to West Kalimantan

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) embarked on a working visit to West Kalimantan Province on Thursday in accordance with ...

Jokowi to hold meeting with Papua's eminent figures: Moeldoko

Presidential Staff Chief retired general Moeldoko confirmed President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will shortly meet ...

Sumatra Island ravaged by 584 hotspots representing forest fires

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) Station in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, confirmed the presence of 584 ...

Forest fire-induced haze lowers visibility in Pekanbaru to 1.5 km

Visibility in Riau's capital of Pekanbaru was curtailed to 1.5 kilometers (km) on Saturday at 8 a.m. local time ...

Four helicopters roped in to battle forest fires in Riau

The Riau forest fire task force has employed four helicopters to douse the conflagration spreading across the southern ...

Govt apportions Rp2.1 trillion for Cl Java's tourism infrastructure

The government has earmarked Rp2.1 trillion to expedite the development of tourism infrastructure in Central Java and ...