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Learn preventive measures to counter haze impacts: Indonesia minister

Health Minister Nila Djuwita Anfasa Moeloek has called on the public to learn preventive measures against the impacts ...

Haze causes major losses to aviation industry

The aviation industry in Indonesia has suffered huge losses due to haze arising from forest and land fires in several ...

Animals Also Victims of Forest Fires

The hazardous haze emanating from the ongoing forest and plantation fires has led to 10 deaths, left 503 thousand ...

Airport Operator, Airways Hit Hard By Forest Fire Haze

The haze emanating from forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan harms not only the locals and the environment, but has ...

Govt to use REDD+ funds to restore peat lands

Vice President Jusuf Kalla said here on Wednesday that the government would use funds from the Reduction of Emissions ...

President set to have office in Palembang

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is set to have an office in Palembang to monitor the handling of land and forest fires ...

Thin smoke from Sumatra reaches northern Banten waters

The smoke arising from land and forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan has been spotted over the waters of north ...

Air quality in Sampit reportedly improving

Air quality in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, is reported to be improving after certain areas received rain recently, ...

President Jokowi makes transit stop in Amsterdam

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and his entourage landed at the Schiphol Airport Amsterdam, the Netherlands, ...

President Jokowi raises issue of forest fires at Brookings

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) raised the issue of forest fires during his policy speech at the Brookings ...

No new license for use of peat lands: Forestry minister

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya said license not yet used for peat land exploitation would be cancelled ...

Government to assist small, medium enterprises affected by haze: VP

The government will assist micro, small and medium enterprises (UMKM) affected by the haze that has been blanketing ...

Indonesia to operate more water bombing aircraft

Indonesia will operate more foreign water bombing aircraft to put out land and forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan, ...

Govt to act against foreign companies that burn forests

A senior minister said here on Tuesday the government would act against companies including foreign ones found to have ...

Govt urged to end licenses for peatland exploitation

Forest and peatland fires have protracted over the past several months and triggered widespread haze in the country ...