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BNPB predicts forest fires to increase

Indonesias National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) predicted that forest and land fires would continue to increase ...

Wildfires destroyed 222 hectares of land in West Aceh

Wildfires in West Aceh District, Aceh Province, had destroyed some 222.5 hectares (ha) of land and forest areas in ...

Indonesia's rice production cost much higher: KTNA

Indonesias rice production cost is the highest in Asia, the Indonesian Association of Farmers and Fishermen (KTNA) has ...

Helicopter drops 40 tons of water to extinguish Riau fires

Riau Provinces forest and land fire task force has deployed an MI-8 helicopter to drop 40 tons of water to extinguish ...

Minister urges farmers to sell rice to bulog

Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman has called on farmers to sell their rice production to the State Logistic ...

Agency allocates US$7.5 million to restore Riau`s peatlands

Indonesias Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has allocated Rp100 billion (US$7.5 million) to restore Riaus peatlands ...

Penyengat Island, small but great

Morphologically, it is a very small island of 3.5 square kilometers and populated by some 3,000 people. However, ...

Penyengat Island, small but great

Morphologically, it is a very small island of only 3.5 square kilometers and populated by around 3,000 people. ...

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 ...

Indonesia declares forest fire emergency

Indonesias Minister of Forestry and Environment Siti Nurbaya has said the country has been placed under emergency with ...

BNPB declares six provinces in emergency of forest fires

The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said six of Indonesian provinces are in emergency of forest and bush ...

Inflation on downtrend in July: BI

Bank Indonesia said the countrys inflation on monthly basis was 0.74 percent in July , 2016 bringing the total ...

Large swathes of mangroves dead in Australia`s north: Scientist

Large swathes of key mangrove habitat in Australias north have died due to impact of the severe El Nino weather system ...

Ensuring safe drivers during Lebaran exodus

Indonesia, which has the largest Muslim population in the world, will celebrate the post-fasting month Lebaran, or Eid ...