#forest fire prevention

Collection of forest fire prevention news, found 22 news.

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 ...

3 districts chosen for cluster-based forest fire prevention pilot

Three Indonesian districts have been chosen for a cluster-based forest and land fire prevention pilot program organized ...

Indonesia urges world to collectively tackle climate change

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan encouraged nations worldwide to ...

Police arrests resident on charge of igniting fire on 5 ha of land

West Kalimantan Police have arrested a resident of Kubu Raya District  on charge of igniting land fire in Bansir ...

Ministry prepares strict sanctions on slash-and-burn farming

The Agriculture Ministry is considering imposing strict sanctions, in accordance with plantation law number 39 of 2014, ...

11 provinces should declare alert status for forest fire: Ministry

The Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs has appealed to 11 provincial administrations ...

Indonesia successful in peatland management: UN

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

Government prepares grand design to prevent forest fire

The government has prepared a grand design to prevent land, forest, and plantation fires, which would summarize facts, ...