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No leniency for private firms on forest, land fires: minister

Environment and Forestry (LHK) Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar has emphasized that the government will take strict action ...

Satellites identify 23 hotspots of forest fires in North Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites as well as the NOAA20 satellites unearthed 23 medium-category hotspots in North Sumatra ...

Helicopters drop 4.6 million liters water in South Sumatra

Aerial firefighting helicopters dropped over 4.6 million liters of water to help douse forest and land fires at 51 ...

445 personnel deployed to extinguish forest fires on Mt Lawu

The Magetan district authorities deployed 445 personnel to extinguish wildfires which gutted forest area located on the ...

Strong wind impedes firefighting efforts on Mt Arjuno, Mt Welirang

Strong wind played spoilsport in the aerial firefighting efforts to put out wildfires on the slopes of Mount Arjuno and ...

Climbing activities on Mount Argopuro stalled by wildfire

A wildfire blazing through the protected forest area on the slope of Mount Argopuro since Saturday (Oct 19) has ...

Very strong wind hinders wildfire-fighting efforts on Mount Semeru

Efforts to extinguish forest fires on the slope of Mount Semeru located in Lumajang District, East Java Province, have ...

PAUDs, kindergartens shut temporarily as haze shrouds Jambi

Haze, emanating from forest fires and blanketing Jambi, has thickened, forcing the temporary closure of early childhood ...

Haze cover over Palembang thickens: Walhi

Haze arising from forest fires and shrouding Palembang, South Sumatra Province, has thickened over the past week, ...

Riau task force deploys four helicopters to extinguish forest fires

The land and forest fire task force of Riau Province has deployed four helicopters on Tuesday to help douse the fire ...

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Tackling forest fires in 5 Indonesian provinces

Several children attending the Islam Akramunnas Kindergarten in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, had no option but to wear ...

BNPB head invites nation's components to stop forest, land fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Head Doni Monardo has invited all components of the nation to put a halt ...

Jokowi instructs to immediately extinguish forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given orders to immediately put out the forest fires currently raging in several ...

Haze enveloping Pekanbaru compels students to wear face masks

Students and teachers in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, were left with no choice but to wear face masks as haze, arising ...

Some 5,929 deployed personnel douse forest fires in five provinces

Some 5,929 personnel, comprising military, police, and civilian officers, were deployed to extinguish forest fires in ...