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Tour de Siak continues despite forest fire-induced haze: Riau Governor

Riau Governor Syamsuar supports holding the international cycling race and sports tourism event of Tour de Siak despite ...

Palangka Raya government to fund wildfire emergency budget

The  Palangka Raya city government in Central Kalimantan Province will provide Rp1.7 billion towards an ...

Minister Moeloek instructs to deploy ambulances in smog-stricken areas

Indonesian Health Minister Nila Moeloek instructed Riau's health authority to dispatch Public Safety Center (PSC) ...

Police chief leads Indonesian delegation to 39th ASEANAPOL conference

Chief of the Indonesian Police (Polri) General Tito Karnavian led the Indonesian delegation to the 39th ASEANAPOL ...

Director named suspect in S Sumatra forest fire

The South Sumatra provincial police has named PT Bumi Hijau Lestari operations director Alvaro Khadaff as a suspect in ...

Satellites detect 1,313 hotspots in Sumatra on Wednesday

The Pekanbaru meteorology station cited the presence of 1,313 hotspots indicative of forest fires throughout Sumatra ...

Education ministry to provide haze-free classroom in Kalimantan

Ministry of Education will provide classrooms that are free from haze caused by land and forest fires in affected areas ...

Walhi presses for stringent measures against firms behind forest fires

The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) of the West Kalimantan chapter urged the government to adopt strict ...

Dozens of orangutans afflicted with acute respiratory tract infection

Dozens of orangutans undergoing rehabilitation in the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation area in Nyaru ...

West Kalimantan Police currently processing 66 cases of forest fires

West Kalimantan Provincial Police Chief Inspector General Didi Haryono confirmed that the police were presently working ...

Smog from forest fires could kill indirectly: BNPB

Doni Monardo, head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), has said smog coming from forest fires is ...

Environment Ministry seals 42 company lands to fight forest fires

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry sealed 42 lands belonging to a corporation and one of an individual under its ...

Pekanbaru's 21 health service posts ready to serve haze victims

A total of 21 public health service posts (Puskesmas) in the Riau provincial capital of Pekanbaru are on standby to ...

Government prepares to deal with forest fires

The Indonesian government is planning several measures to address land and forest fires in several parts of the ...

Deteriorating air pollution forces evacuation of residents

Forest fire-induced air pollution in Pekanbaru, Riau, has reached a hazardous level, thereby compelling some citizens ...