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Legal enforcement stepped up to combat forest fires

Riaus inhabitants have long yearned to lead a haze-free existence as they have reeled under the impacts of smoke ...

All-out fight against forest fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan

The Indonesian authorities had a fleeting sense of relief that there had been no haze from forest fires until early ...

Riau police name 85 suspects over wildfire cases

The Riau Police have named 85 suspects over wildfires during the January-August 2016 period. The cases are being ...

Military officers build barriers to prevent wildfires from spreading

A number of military officers were deployed to build barriers to prevent wildfires in Selakau, Sambas District, West ...

Forest fire cases dropped significantly in 2016

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has claimed that the number of forest fire cases dropped by 78 percent as of ...

NASA`s Juno spacecraft loops into orbit around Jupiter

NASAS Juno spacecraft capped a five-year journey to Jupiter late Monday with a do-or-die engine burn to sling itself ...

Six workers injured in geothermal gas pipe burst

Six technicians from PT Geo Dipa Energy Unit Dieng were injured in a gas burst in the geothermal pipelines in well 30, ...

Sumatra warned over emergence of forest and land fires

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency-Pekanbaru Station detected 42 hotspots in five provinces of ...

Slash-and-burn method contributes to hotspots in Riau: Official

Several hotspots in Bengkalis District, Riau, are caused by the extreme weather during the dry season and the acts of ...

Indonesia empowers communities to prevent forest fires

The traumatic experiences due to forest fires and the consequent haze disaster are still fresh in the minds of ...

Indonesia environment ministry detects 370-500 hotspots in Papua

Environmental Affairs and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya has said her ministrys team found some 370 to 500 hotspots of ...

Proper trash management improves local economy

Garbage, if sorted and managed properly, can not only makes a city clean and beautiful but can also help to improve ...

Economy corrected due to smog from forest, land fires: President

President Joko Widodo said here on Monday that Indonesias economy was corrected by 0.2 percent due to smog problems ...

Indonesia discusses efforts to prevent forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and officers discussed efforts to prevent forest fires in Indonesia in 2016, including ...

Six injured in gas explosion in South Jakarta

A gas cylinder exploded in Cilandak, South Jakarta, on Wednesday afternoon, injuring six people, the police stated. ...