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VP Boediono warns of larger risk of forest fires

Indonesian vice president Boediono has warned of a larger risk of forest fires in the country due to a possible ...

Participatory approach needed to overcome haze

Indonesia needs to take a participatory approach where the central government, local administrations, non-governmental ...

Climatology agency warns of drier dry season this year

Indonesias dry season this year will be drier than last year due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, the Meteorology, ...

Deflation in April in line with expectation: BI

Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI) Mirza Adityaswara said the 0.02 percent deflation in April announced by the ...

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 ...

Haze handling in Riau should not become regular agenda: President

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the work to prevent land fires in the Riau province was conducted ...

Police hunting down four suspects in Riau`s land fires

Police are hunting down four people suspected of setting fire to forested land in Riau province. "The four ...

Dead victims due to haze to receive compensation

The Ministry of Social Affairs will provide compensation for a haze victim who died in Riau province, according to ...

Chilean Wines reinforce their presence in the Indonesian market

- Chilean wine will be at the Food, Hotel and Tourism Bali, Indonesia, to be held from March 6th to 8th. On this ...

Bali`s Subak system facing great challenge

Ubiquitous land conversions on Indonesian island resort of Bali will sooner or later eliminate the traditional ...

Queensland town plagued by Wallabies

Theyre cute, cuddly and taking over a small town in North Queensland. Now environmentalists and animal welfare experts ...

Haze affects health of 28,000 residents in Riau

More than 28,000 people are suffering from various smoke-related diseases, due to forest and land fires occurring over ...

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 ...

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 ...