#forest and land fire

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Forest, land fires spread to 633 hectares in Riau

Forest and land fires have spread across Riau Province, reaching 633 hectares since Jan 14. The most difficult ...

Asian Games should remain unaffected by forest fires: President

Implementation of the ASIAN Games in Indonesia should not be affected by smoke arising from forest and land fires, ...

Bogor Agricultural Institute establishes forest fire data center

Bogor Institute of Agricultural (IPB) has established the Regional Fire Management Resource Center in the South East ...

Helicopter drops 40 tons of water to extinguish Riau fires

Riau Provinces forest and land fire task force has deployed an MI-8 helicopter to drop 40 tons of water to extinguish ...

Plantation companies warned not use fire for land clearing

The South Sumatra provincial administration threatens to revoke the license of plantation companies if found using ...

Govt asked to be more open to peatland management

Chairman of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) Irman Gusman said the government should be more open to peatland ...

President bans permits for peatland cultivation

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said the ban on the issuance of new licenses for cultivation on peatland was intended ...

Minister hands over compensation to haze victims

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa handed over a compensation worth Rp15 million to the families of each ...

Lawmaker condemns house leaders wearing masks during plenary meeting

The National Democrat (NasDem) Party lawmaker Johnny G. Plate has voiced his criticism over several leaders of the ...

Air quality in Sampit reportedly improving

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

President holds meeting to discuss haze problem

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) held a limited cabinet meeting with relevant ministers on Friday to discuss the haze ...

Law continues to be enforced against forest burners: Minister

The police will continue to enforce the law against those found guilty of setting fire to forests, Coordinating ...

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 ...