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House urges Forestry Ministry to set up forest fire task forces

Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Bambang Soesatyo has urged the Environment and Forestry Ministry to set ...

Firefighters attempt to extinguish fire in West Aceh

Tens of firefighters from the West Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) attempted to extinguish a fire ravaging two ...

Land clearance for plantations causal to Indonesia's forest fires

Rasio Ridho Sani, director general of law enforcement of the Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry, pointed to ...

Tony Harsono steers investigation into civilian deaths in gun battle

Papua Police's Criminal Investigation Director Sen. Coms. Tony Harsono confirmed leading an investigation team to ...

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Forest fire smog plays spoilsport in TdSi race in Riau

The Tour de Siak (TdSi) organizing committee apparently overlooked the weather factor while deciding to hold the event ...

Tour de Siak stage 3 cancelled following forest fire smog

The organizing committee of Tour de Siak international cycling race and sports tourism event decided to cancel the ...

Terra, Aqua satellites identify 1,182 forest fire hotspots in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites tracked 1,182 hotspots suggestive of forest fires throughout Sumatra Island on ...

Five survivors of Papua gun battle recovering: Police

Five survivors of a gun battle between Indonesian troops and armed Papuan separatists in Olenki Village, Mabugi ...

BI evacuates relatives of employees from haze-shrouded Pekanbaru

Bank Indonesia (BI) Office in Riau Province has evacuated 67 ailment-prone relatives of its employees to West Sumatra ...

Armed criminal group leader killed in Aceh gun battle: Police

The Aceh provincial police confirmed on Friday that Muhammad Azrul Mukminin Al Kahar, alias Abu Razak bin Abdul ...

29,039 personnel combating Indonesia's forest, land fires: BNPB

Some 29,039 fire brigade personnel have been roped in to tackle land and forest fires throughout Indonesia, according ...

Tour de Siak continues despite forest fire-induced haze: Riau Governor

Riau Governor Syamsuar supports holding the international cycling race and sports tourism event of Tour de Siak despite ...

Amazon co-founds The Climate Pledge, setting goal to meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early

- Today, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Global Optimism announced The Climate Pledge, a commitment to meet the Paris ...

Wiranto awaits report on exchange of fire in Papua

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Wiranto said he was awaiting an official report on the ...

Indonesian troops will remain in Papua: Defense Minister

Defending the presence of Indonesia's military (TNI) and the police personnel in Papua, Defence Minister Ryamizard ...