#fires in riau

The Riau haze management task force has arrested 14 people suspected of involvement in land fires in five different ...

Thousands of soldiers have been sent to fight remaining forest and land fires in six locations in Riau province. ...

The Environmental Forum (Walhi) has reported 117 companies suspected to be responsible for land and forest fires in ...

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has pledged punishment for any company found negligent to cause forest and land ...

As haze coming from forest, plantation and peatland fires has affected thousands of lives of people in Sumatra as ...

Indonesia needs no help yet from Singapore or Malaysia to fight forest fires in Riau province, the Head of the ...

Tens of companies have allegedly practiced slash-and-burns to open plantations in Sumatra`s Riau, causing forest fires ...

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan led a coordinating meeting on forest and plantation fire control here on Saturday. ...

Environment Minister Balthasar Kambuaya has alleged that a number of foreign firms are involved in the current forest ...

Haze knows no border. In this current dry season with extreme hot weather, Sumatra is being hit by forest, peatland ...

Sultan Syarif Kasim (SSK) II Airport in Pekanbaru was shut down temporarily, from 8 to 9 am local time, due to thick ...

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has set aside Rp25 billion (around 2.5 million US Dollar) to make ...

Threats of forest fires in Riau Province had been foreseen to occur from January to mid 2012 following above-average ...

The Indonesian government appears to be determined to reduce the number of forest fire hot spots by 20 percent ...

Representatives of five ASEAN member countries recently met in Singapore for talks about joint efforts to overcome ...