#forest and land fires

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Police yet to ascertain foreign companies` involvement in forest fires

The National Police (Polri) has yet to ascertain the involvement of foreign companies in setting forest and land fires ...

1,500 soldiers deployed to fight forest fires in South Kalimantan

Some 1,500 soldiers have been deployed to fight land and forest fires in South Kalimantan and prevent them from ...

Over 12 thousand people taken ill by haze in Riau

Over 12,260 inhabitants of Riau Province have fallen ill due to the haze triggered by forest, peatland, and plantation ...

Smog in Sumatra compels students to stay home in Payakumbuh

Thick smog caused by forest and land fires in Sumatra Island has forced the Payakumbuh city government in West Sumatra ...

Indonesia can be saved from haze disaster: Disaster agency

Indonesia can be freed from the haze disaster if it implements several preventive measures and involves the people, ...

Six hot spots detected in Riau

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected six hot spots in Riau province on Monday. ...

No need to import food to face El Nino: Kalla

The government does not need to import food commodities to face the impacts of El Nino on Indonesia, Vice President M. ...

Satellite detects 187 hotspots in C. Kalimantan

NOAA-18 Satellite has detected 187 hotspots of forest and plantation fires across Central Kalimantan Province on ...

Indonesian haze begins escalating to neighboring countries

At least eight provinces in Indonesia currently have an increasing number of hotspots producing smoke from forest and ...

Minister: forest fire in Riau happens on massive scale

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan reported that perpetrators had started forest and land fires in Riau provincial ...

16 hectares of forest area razed by fires in Riau

At least 16 hectares of forest area were razed by fires in Riau Province, in May 2014, according to data from the ...

Participatory approach needed to overcome haze

Indonesia needs to take a participatory approach where the central government, local administrations, non-governmental ...

Kalla allocates one helicopter for Riau

Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) M. Jusuf Kalla had allocated one helicopter to the PMI branch in Riau ...

Indonesian minister denies having received red report card

Forestry Minister Zulkifli Hasan denied that his ministry had got a red report card from the Presidential Working Unit ...

Riau forest fires cause losses amounting to over Rp20 trillion

Forest and land fires occurring in the Riau Province between February and April 2014 caused economic losses worth more ...