#forest fire prevention

Collection of forest fire prevention news, found 29 news.

West Papua drafts plan to use GCF Result-Based Payment funds

The West Papua provincial government is finalizing a concept note on the use of Result-Based Payment (RBP) grant funds ...

Three firms sealed in Riau over burning peatlands: Forestry Ministry

The Ministry of Forestry's Directorate General of Law Enforcement (Gakkum Kemenhut) has sealed three more companies ...

Govt seals two concessions near Malaysia over forest fires

A joint forestry supervisory team comprising officials from the Ministry of Forestry and several agencies sealed two ...

Cross-sector collaboration helps Indonesia control land fires

Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni highlighted that Indonesia's effective control over forest and land fires is the ...

Indonesia wildfires burn 8,500 hectares, mostly human-caused

Wildfires had burned 8,500 hectares of land across Indonesia as of May 2025, with the vast majority of land and forest ...

Ministry emphasizes prevention to control forest fires

The Ministry of Forestry is focusing on preventive measures to control forest fires in Indonesia by involving the ...

Indonesia to expand forest use for food, energy, GDP growth in 2026

The Indonesian government plans to expand the use of forest land in 2026 to support food, energy, and water security, ...

South Sumatra: 300 police officers sent to wildfire-prone villages

The South Sumatra police on Wednesday dispatched 300 officers to villages that have been determined to be vulnerable to ...

74 hotspots detected in East Kalimantan: BMKG

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on Thursday detected 74 hotspots of wildfires in several ...

BNPB detects 490 hotspots in Jambi

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has reported that, based on data collected from June 17 to July 17, ...

BRIN conducts weather modification to prevent forest fires

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) conducted a weather modification operation over Jambi and South ...

C Kalimantan seeks gov't support in forest, land fire handling

The Central Kalimantan provincial government has sought the central government's support for the prevention and ...

Forest, land fire areas declined by 43 percent in 2022

Indonesia witnessed a 43-percent decline in terms of areas affected by forest and land fires in 2022 as compared to the ...

Minister attributes forest, land fires chiefly to human activities

Forest and land fires in Indonesia were mainly caused by human activities, according to Director of Forest and Land ...

South Sumatra must strive to cut greenhouse emissions: ministry

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has urged South Sumatra province to actively contribute to efforts to reduce ...