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Individuals who annexed Riau national park land identified

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has identified individuals who allegedly annexed thousands of hectares of land ...

West Kalimantan governor summons 94 companies over land, forest fires

West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji, at a coordination meeting to discuss land and forest fire control, Monday, ...

Swedish investors eyeing North Sumatra's waste management sector

The Swedish Energy Agency and Business Sweden have expressed their keenness to invest in the waste management sector of ...

Singapore lauds Indonesia's forest fire control efforts

The Indonesian government's efforts to combat land and forest fires have received appreciation at the meeting of ...

773 hotspots identified across Indonesia: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) confirmed the detection of some 773 hotspots scattered across several ...

BMKG identifies 18,895 hotspots in Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) identified at least 18,895 hotspots in Southeast Asia and ...

BRG to develop more peat rewetting infrastructure in Riau

The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) will develop infrastructure for peat rewetting in areas in Riau Province, with no ...

Civil lawsuit's trial over Jakarta's air pollution scheduled today

The first trial of a civil lawsuit lodged over Jakarta's air pollution was scheduled to get underway at the Central ...

Jakarta should use electric cars to improve air quality: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on the Jakarta administration to switch to using electric vehicles for mass ...

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Mercury-related crimes in Indonesia still elude

Mercury-related crimes elude all, for which involvement of influential leaders or actors, who can bring about changes ...

Ministry to release two Sumatran tigers in Riau

The Environment and Forestry Ministry will release two Sumatran tigers into their habitat in Riau Province after it ...

53 hotspots detected in Riau Province

The Terra and Aqua satellites have detected 53 hotspots indicating forest fires in Riau Province Saturday afternoon, a ...

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Readiness of Indonesia entering electric vehicle era

The enchantment of Jakarta as the capital city of Indonesia is an attraction for people from various regions for all ...

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Awaiting a brighter, certain future for Indonesia's forests

With Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No. 6 of 2017 on postponement of issuance of new licenses and improving ...

Ministry handles forest fires with a hotspot approach

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry was working on a system to prevent forest and land fires with a hotspot ...