#drought

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Drought likely to trigger forest fires in Riau province

The Riau Province is currently experiencing a drought, which has the potential to trigger forest, peat land, and ...

16 hectares of forest area razed by fires in Riau

At least 16 hectares of forest area were razed by fires in Riau Province, in May 2014, according to data from the ...

Indonesian minister denies having received red report card

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan denied that his ministry had got a red report card from the Presidential Working Unit ...

Riau forest fires cause losses amounting to over Rp20 trillion

Forest and land fires occurring in the Riau Province between February and April 2014 caused economic losses worth more ...

Govt expected to cut down on food imports

The Indonesian Biodiversity Foundation (Kehati) said that the next government must reduce food imports in order to ...

Dutch minister renewed cooperation with Indonesia meteorology agency

Dutch Minister for Infrastructure and Environmental Affairs Melanie Schultz van Haegen officially renewed cooperation ...

El Nino potentially occurs in Indonesia: Agency

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated that the El Nino phenomenon is potentially occurring ...

Number of hotspots in Riau increases

The number of forest fire hotspots in Riau Province increased to 45 on Monday, from 10 the previous day, according to ...

Indonesian pair Hendra/Ahsan wins All England

Indonesias mens doubles players Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan took home a title from All England Super Series Premier ...

Stable economic base being prepared for next government

The current government, which will end term in October this year, is determined to lay a stable foundation for ...

Strict law enforcement ordered against forest fire perpetrators

As haze shrouded Sumatras cities over the past two months, President Yudhoyono has ordered strict law enforcement to ...

Around 99 percent of Sumatran fires deliberately set

Chief of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Syamsur Maarif stated that around 99 percent of forest and ...

Satellite detects 81 hotspots in Riau

The Terra and Aqua satellite detected 81 hotspots of forest, plantation and peat land fires in Riau Province on Monday ...

528 hotspots of forest fires detected in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellite detected a total of 528 hotspots of forest, plantation, and peatland fires across Sumatra ...

Law enforcement strengthened to tackle Sumatran forest fires

Hotspots in forests, plantations and peatland fires, which came early on Sumatra and Kalimantan islands this year, ...