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Haze from Riau will not disperse to Singapore and Malaysia

The haze from the Riau Province in Sumatra will not disperse to Singapore and Malaysia, although a total of 1,234 ...

Riau bush fire`s hot spot multiplied 150 times

Bush fire hot spots in Riau have multiplied 150 times, from 64 on Sunday (Feb. 23) to 1,234 on Monday, across eight ...

Visibility only 50 meters in Riau due to haze

The worsening forest fires in some areas of Riau Province has reduced the visibility to about only 50 meters, an ...

10 people named as suspects in Riau`s forested land fires

The Environment Ministry has named 10 people charged with setting fire to forested land in Riau Province last year. ...

US offers training for forest rangers in Indonesia

The United States plans to offer training for forest rangers in Indonesia to enable them to tackle incidents such as ...

Four districts declare emergency status due to haze

Four districts in the Riau Province have declared a state of emergency due to the haze arising from forest, plantation ...

Satellite detects 81 hotspots in Riau

The Terra and Aqua satellite detected 81 hotspots of forest, plantation and peat land fires in Riau Province on Monday ...

528 hotspots of forest fires detected in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellite detected a total of 528 hotspots of forest, plantation, and peatland fires across Sumatra ...

Law enforcement strengthened to tackle Sumatran forest fires

Hotspots in forests, plantations and peatland fires, which came early on Sumatra and Kalimantan islands this year, ...

704 hotspots detected in Sumatra Island: meteorology agency

Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics Agency of Pekanbaru stated that the Terra and Aqua Satellite have detected a ...

Dumai to declare forest fire alert to highest level

The Dumai city administration is soon set to declare the highest level of alert status after haze originating from the ...

Singapore protests against smokes should taken seriously

The Singapore protests against smoke from land and forest fires in Riau should be taken seriously with the mitigation ...

Disaster mitigation agency carries out coordination to tackle haze problem

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has carried out coordination work with several government agencies and ...

Thick haze in Riau disturbs air transportation

Planes heading to Sultan Syarif Kasim international airport, Pekanbaru, Riau province, are forced to circle around ...

Batam-Pekanbaru flight cancelled in anticipation of haze

Lion Air decided to cancel its flight serving the Batam-Pekanbaru route on Wednesday morning in anticipation of haze ...