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Potential forest fires still threaten Riau ahead of Asian Games

A total of 103 hot spots were detected in several parts of Riau Province on Wednesday as the South Sumatra city of ...

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Freeing Asian Games from haze pollution

Haze pollution has been one of the most serious problems in countries, including Indonesia, having wide expanses of ...

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Indonesia fights forest fires in Sumatra ahead of Asian Games

The Riau Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency reported here on Tuesday that some 169 hot spots were ...

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Government stakes reputation on success of Asian Games

People would certainly not easily forget the big forest and bush fires ravaging five provinces of the country in 2015 ...

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Dumai city anticipates potential forest fires prior to Asian Games

The Dumai Land and Forest Fire Task Force has deployed personnel to be on standby in case of forest fires that could ...

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Riau to prevent forest fires for success of Asian Games

The Government of Riau Province is ready to prevent Land and Forest Fires (Karhutla) for the success of the ...

Government discusses precautionary measures against forest fires

The government has held discussions on precautionary measures against land and forest fires following the onset of the ...

Indonesia sets conservative target in Asian Games

Host Indonesia has sets a conservative target in the Asian games to be held in Palembang and Jakarta next ...

Minister reviews forest fires during Eid holidays

The Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar took to the field to monitor the handling of forest and ...

Indonesia successful in peatland management: UN

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

25 hotspots detected across Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 25 hotspots indicating wildfires across Sumatra Island on Monday morning. Of ...

Riau declares emergency standby status over land and forest fires

The Riau provincial government has declared a three-month emergency standby status over land and forest fires, ...

Police ordered to arrest culprits of forest fires

West Kalimantan`s police chief Brig. Gen. Didi Haryano, has instructed his staffs to arrest the arsonists forest and ...

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, ...

Ex-coordinating minister for maritime affairs receives IAGI award

Former coordinating minister for maritime affairs Indroyono Soesilo has received an award from the Indonesian ...