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Joint team has put out 80 percent of peatland fires in Nagan Raya

A joint team of the Indonesian military, police and regional disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) has put out some 80 ...

Forest fires gut 1,136 hectares of area in Riau

Forest fires have gutted a total of 1,136 hectares (ha) of forest and plantation areas in Riau Province since January ...

Thousand of Riau residents suffer respiratory problems due to haze

Thousand of residents in Riau Province have suffered respiratory problems after they were exposed to air pollution ...

Governor calls on people to cultivate peatlands for farming

West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji has called on people to utilize peatland areas in the region to plant horticulture ...

100 soldiers flown to Riau to help fight land, forest fires

A company of 100 soldiers from the Army`s Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) arrived in Riau province on Sunday to ...

Land fires in Riau arose far from settlement: BRG

The land and forest fire in Riau Province occurred in areas far from the settlement and farmers` plantation, according ...

Potential forest fires detected in Indonesia`s Riau province: BMKG

The Pekanbaru Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected 54 hotspots, indicating potential ...

Israeli jets strike eastern Gaza: witnesses

An Israeli fighter jet on Wednesday launched airstrikes on the eastern Gaza Strip where Palestinians were staging a ...

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Presidential debate lacked environmental focus By Fardah

The second round of presidential election debate, held on Feb 17, 2019, was considered more interesting, but ...

Presidential Debate

Prabowo vows to take stern measures against environmental polluters

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto would take stern measures against companies that caused environmental damage, ...

Presidential Debate

Jokowi lauds farmers for corn production up 3.3 million tons

Incumbent presidential candidate Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed gratitude to corn farmers who managed to increase ...

Over 80 teachers take refuge following exchanges of fire in Papua

Over 80 teachers along with several hundred of their students have taken refuge in safer places in the Jayawijaya ...

Fujitsu to Go Live with Disaster Information Management System in Indonesia's North Sumatra Region

Fujitsu Limited and PT Fujitsu Indonesia today announced installation of its Fujitsu Public Sector Solution Disaster ...

Fires burn 124.5 hectares of land in Riau since early January

Some 124.5 hectares of land and forests in Riau Province caught fires since early this year due to low rainfall, ...

UN Environment ready to help finance International Tropical Peatland Center in Bogor

The UN Environment is ready to finance the International Tropical Peatland Center (ITPC) set up in the West Java city ...