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Ministry focuses on preventive measures against forest fires

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry`s Forest and Land Fire Control Brigade, Manggala Agni, and ...

Joint team has put out 80 percent of peatland fires in Nagan Raya

A joint team of the Indonesian military, police and regional disaster mitigation agency (BPBD) has put out some 80 ...

Forest fires gut 1,136 hectares of area in Riau

Forest fires have gutted a total of 1,136 hectares (ha) of forest and plantation areas in Riau Province since January ...

Thousand of Riau residents suffer respiratory problems due to haze

Thousand of residents in Riau Province have suffered respiratory problems after they were exposed to air pollution ...

Land fires in Riau arose far from settlement: BRG

The land and forest fire in Riau Province occurred in areas far from the settlement and farmers` plantation, according ...

Prolonged drought triggers wildfires on mountains in Java

Some parts of Indonesia`s regions have entered the rainy season, while several others, such as Java and Nusa Tenggara ...

Joint team extinguishes forest fires at Ciremai national park

A joint team is making ongoing efforts to extinguish the forest fire in the area of Mount Ciremai National Park (TNGC) ...

80 hotspots detected across Sumatra Island

The number of hotspots detected across Sumatra Island increased to 80 on Wednesday, from 13 on the previous day. Of ...

Haze shrouds Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan

Haze from forest fires has shrouded Banjarmasin City, the capital of South Kalimantan Province, on Monday ...

157 hotspots detected across Sumatra island on Saturday

A total of 157 hotspots, indicating forest and plantation fires, were detected across Sumatra Island on Saturday, ...

news focus - Prolonged drought triggers forest fires in Kalimantan and Java

The Indonesian government has been working all out to prevent forest fires over the last couple of years and been ...

Four hotspots detected in Mount Argopuro

Four hotspots were detected in Mount Argopuro area located in Krucil, Probolinggo, East Java Province, on ...

Satellites detect 154 hotspots on Sumatra island

A total of 154 hotspots indicating forest and plantation fires were detected across Sumatra Island on Thursday. The ...

Climbers trapped on Mount Lawu amid threats of forest fire

Around 100 mountaineers remained trapped on the peak of Mount Lawu in Magetan District, East Java Province, amid ...

Mount Sindoro`s forest fire extinguished: BNPB spokesman

A forest fire on Mount Sindoro in Temanggung District, Central Java Province, which has destroyed around 156 hectares ...