#forest and land fires

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Police chief orders arrest of forest fire perpetrators

National Police chief General Tito Karnavian has ordered the arrest of the perpetrators of forest and land fires. ...

All-out fight against forest fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan

The Indonesian authorities had a fleeting sense of relief that there had been no haze from forest fires until early ...

Indonesia declares forest fire emergency

Indonesias Minister of Forestry and Environment Siti Nurbaya has said the country has been placed under emergency with ...

South Sumatra to use drone to monitor hotspots

South Sumatra will use an unmanned aircraft, or drone, to monitor hotspots in plantation and forest areas that ...

Japan to invest in fire extinction technology in Indonesia

The Investment Coordinating Board said a Japanese company engaged in fire extinction technology is interested in ...

Satellites detect 13 hotspots in Riau

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 13 hotspots in five districts in Riau Province, on Friday at 5 a.m. local ...

Climatology agency detects 56 hotspots in Riau

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) station in Pekanbaru detected 56 wild fire hotspots in eight ...

Sumatra warned over emergence of forest and land fires

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency-Pekanbaru Station detected 42 hotspots in five provinces of ...

Slash-and-burn method contributes to hotspots in Riau: Official

Several hotspots in Bengkalis District, Riau, are caused by the extreme weather during the dry season and the acts of ...

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 ...

Indonesia empowers communities to prevent forest fires

The traumatic experiences due to forest fires and the consequent haze disaster are still fresh in the minds of ...

Terra and Aqua Satellites detects 68 hotspots over Sumatra Island

The Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) of Pekanbaru detected 68 hotspots that dotted Sumatra Island ...

Indonesia searches for a better peat mapping method

The Indonesian government, through the Geospatial Information Agency (BIG) and with the support of David and Lucile ...

President Jokowi urges governors to allocate budget to prevent forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on provincial governors across Indonesia to allocate budget for implementing ...

Economy corrected due to smog from forest, land fires: President

President Joko Widodo said here on Monday that Indonesias economy was corrected by 0.2 percent due to smog problems ...