#forest and land fires

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Environment Ministry struggles to make Asian Games free from smoke

The Environment and Forestry Ministry is determined to do its utmost to make Indonesia free from smoke when it hosts ...

RI taking steps to prevent haze during Asian Games

Indonesia, which will host the 18th Asian Games, has since recently been making efforts to prevent forest fires, in ...

Minister reviews forest fires during Eid holidays

The Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar took to the field to monitor the handling of forest and ...

Indonesia successful in peatland management: UN

Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Erik Solheim, praised Indonesia`s efforts in ...

Agency eyes restoration of 140 thousand hectares of Riau`s peatlands

The Peatland Restoration Agency has targeted to restore a total of 140 thousand hectares of peatland areas in Riau ...

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 ...

Police ordered to arrest culprits of forest fires

West Kalimantan`s police chief Brig. Gen. Didi Haryano, has instructed his staffs to arrest the arsonists forest and ...

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, ...

RAPP must abide by regulations: environment minister

Forestry and Environment Minister Siti Nurbaya expressed regret that the governments efforts to ensure that PT RAPP, ...

Forest fire in Ogan Ilir forest extinguished

Commander of the Sriwijaya/Regional Military District II Major General Am Putranto has confirmed that a fire in the ...

BNPB predicts forest fires to increase

Indonesias National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) predicted that forest and land fires would continue to increase ...

Singapore ready to assist in restoration of peat lands

Singapore is ready to assist in the restoration of peat lands in South Sumatra province in Indonesia to make the lands ...

Natural disasters inflict Rp30 trillion loss per year in Indonesia

Indonesia suffers an average of Rp30 trillion in economic losses per year due to natural disasters, Head of the ...

EARTH WIRE -- TNI wary of forest and land fires in Riau province

The personnel of the Indonesian Army (TNI AD) are wary of the catastrophic forest and land fires in Riau Province, as ...

Yearender - Indonesia`s agriculture has better prospects in 2017

The El Nino weather phenomenon that struck Indonesia in 2015, bringing droughts and wide-spread forest and land fires, ...