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Indonesia makes concerted efforts to curb coal usage

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar acknowledged she had coordinated with Energy and Mineral Resources ...

Minister highlights extreme weather events triggered by climate change

Quoting the results of scientists' study, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar drew attention to ...

Air pollution emergency status revoked as Riau air quality stabilizes

The air pollution emergency status in Riau was revoked following an improvement in air quality and no further detection ...

Some 2,000 anti-riot police officers safeguard Jakarta labor rally

Over two thousand police officers have been deployed to guard a demonstration held by Indonesian laborers in front of ...

Air clearer following reduction in hotspots in Sumatra, Kalimantan

A drop in the number of hotspots in Sumatra and Kalimantan to 673 on Monday, 6 p.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time, ...

Wiranto avers 90 percent plummet in forest fires

Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto claimed a sharp drop in the potential for land and ...

Over 500,000 W Kalimantan residents suffer respiratory illnesses

A total of 504,000 inhabitants of West Kalimantan, particularly children, suffered from respiratory illness due to the ...

BMKG predicts dry season will last until mid-November

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has predicted the dry season in the country will last until ...

Jokowi's visit to forest fire-ravaged Central Kalimantan shelved

President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi’s) initial plan to embark on a working visit to Central Kalimantan Province ...

Police name 14 companies as suspects in forest fires

Five companies have been named suspects in land and forest fires by the police in Lampung, thereby adding to the list ...

Rainfall improves Riau's air quality

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) attributed improvement in Riau’s air quality, recorded ...

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Indonesian forest fire chokes millions of people, animals

In June 2019, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMK) had warned that this year's dry season is ...

Five companies, one individual named suspects in fires

Five companies and one individual have been identified as suspects in the forest and land fires in 2019, Forestry and ...

Haze forces cancellation of 33 flights at Pekanbaru

As many as 33 flights to and from Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in the Riau provincial capital of Pekanbaru were ...

ISPA cases in Riau increasing due to smog

The smog from the forest and land fires in Riau Province has increased the number of patients suffering from acute ...