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Indonesia, Japan to cooperate to extinguish forest fires

Indonesia and Japan have agreed to cooperate in the ongoing fire fighting efforts by delivering a special liquid ...

House lauds government`s efforts in tackling land and forest fires

House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto has lauded the governments efforts in tackling land and forest fires in ...

Number of detected hotspots in South Sumatra still high

The number of detected hotspots in South Sumatra is still high and is more than any other province in the country. ...

Competition suspected behind Singapore`s boycott of Indonesian tissue

The Indonesian Association of Pulp and Paper (APKI) suspected that business competition was behind Singapores boycott ...

Haze lowers visibility to below 50 meters in Palangka Raya

Haze arising from forest and plantation fires in Central Kalimantan Province has drastically reduced visibility to ...

Australia deploys aerial response team to Sumatra

An aerial response firefighting team departed Australia on Tuesday 13th October to assist Indonesia in its efforts to ...

Indonesia, foreign team to focus on extinguishing fires in South Sumatra

The joint Indonesian-foreign team kept the focus on extinguishing land and forest fires in Ogan Komering Ilir (OKI) ...

Effective peatland management necessary to minimize forest fires

Peatland fires have been one of the contributing factors to the deteriorating haze, which has blanketed several parts ...

Coordinating ministry, BNPB to coordinate properly to extinguish fires: President

President Joko Widodo has urged the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs to coordinate with ...

House to discuss state defense issue with senior minister

House Speaker Setya Novanto will invite Chief Political, Legal and Security Minister Luhut Pandjaitan to seek an ...

Lawmaker proposes special committee on haze issue

The House of Representatives should set up a special committee on the issue of haze that has been impacting several ...

House speaker proposes Luhut as coordinator to tackle forest fires

House Speaker Setya Novanto has proposed to assign Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs ...

Two foreign companies named suspects in forest fires: Police chief

Indonesias National Police (Polri) Chief, General Badrodin Haiti, has said the police have named two foreign companies ...

OKI gets priority in combating forest fires: Senior minister

Ogan Komering Ilir (OKI) district in South Sumatra Province has been accorded priority in efforts to put out land and ...

Companies named suspects in forest fire cases: Indonesia Police Chief

A total of 12 companies have been named suspects in forest and land fire cases in Sumatra and Kalimantan (Borneo) ...