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BNPB declares six provinces in emergency of forest fires

The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said six of Indonesian provinces are in emergency of forest and bush ...

MI-8 helicopter deployed in Riau to put out wildfires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency has deployed an MI-8 helicopter in Riau Province to help douse forest, ...

Fires raze some 600 ha of forest, peatland, plantation areas

Some 600 hectares of forest, peatland and plantation areas were gutted by fires over the past one week, Commander of ...

Forest fire cases dropped significantly in 2016

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has claimed that the number of forest fire cases dropped by 78 percent as of ...

President wants sub-districts to have forest fire command posts

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked all relevant agencies to set up land and forest fire command posts up to a ...

NSP found guilty in forest fire, punished with compensation

A Jakarta district court on Friday found PT National Sago Prima (NSP) guilty of forest and bush fires and ordered the ...

23 hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

As many as 23 hotspots, with 50 percent indicating forest and plantation fires, were detected in five provinces across ...

Japan to invest in fire extinction technology in Indonesia

The Investment Coordinating Board said a Japanese company engaged in fire extinction technology is interested in ...

Minister denies rejecting plan to buy copper for fire fighting

National Development Planning Minister Sofyan Djalil denied on Thursday that he has rejected the Environment and ...

Satellites detect 13 hotspots in Riau

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 13 hotspots in five districts in Riau Province, on Friday at 5 a.m. local ...

Govt developing forest fire control system: Minister

The government is developing a system for handling land and forest fires quickly, Environment and Forestry Minister ...

Sumatra warned over emergence of forest and land fires

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency-Pekanbaru Station detected 42 hotspots in five provinces of ...

Indonesia empowers communities to prevent forest fires

The traumatic experiences due to forest fires and the consequent haze disaster are still fresh in the minds of ...

World Bank provides grant to help prevent forest fires

The World Bank has provided a grant amounting to some US$12 million this year to help prevent forest fires, Chairman ...

W Kalimantan Governor launches fire alertness village program

West Kalimantan Governor Cornelis launched a Fire Alertness Village program in Sungai Kelik village, Nanga Tayap ...