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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 ...

Historical year for Indonesia`s forest protection

During the past one year, the Indonesian government has made several historic policies and breakthroughs for the ...

Police detain Malaysian for starting forest fire in Indonesia's Riau

The Riau province police announced here on Saturday that they had detained a Malaysian national who is being ...

Malaysian suspects banned from traveling overseas

The Indonesian Law and Human Rights Ministry has issued an overseas travel ban on two Malaysian nationals suspected of ...

Fire guts many homes in East Kalimantan

A fire ravaged scores of homes in the East Kalimantan provincial capital of Samarinda early on Friday, but claimed no ...

Haze forces temporary closure of schools in Pekanbaru

The Pekanbaru education office has temporary closed kindergartens and elementary schools partly in the city, which ...

Ash rain in Pekanbaru after forest fires

Several areas in Pekanbaru have been hit by ash rain, following forest fires for the past two days, said an ...

Nine choppers readied to put out land fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Body (BNPB) has again readied nine helicopters to put out land and forest fires in ...

Forest fire occurs again in Riau as new hotspots found

About 185 hotspots, possibly forest fires, have been found in Riau province recently, spokesman to National Disaster ...

Encroachments cause forest fire in Tesso Nilo National Park

Encroachments on forest land have caused forest fires in Tesso Nilo National Park (TNTN) in Riau Province, according ...

Riau ends haze emergency response

Riau Province has ended forest fire and haze emergency response and is currently entering a transitional period for ...

Police arrest 23 suspects over forest fires

The Police of Riau have arrested 23 suspects in connection with forest and peat land fires in the province that have ...

Four hotspots left in Riau

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) Pekanbaru office said weather monitoring and geothermal ...

Conversion of land function reduces farmers` welfare

The Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) said that the increasing conversion of agricultural land into settlement or ...

Haze raises respiratory disease sufferers by 20 pct

The Health Monitoring Office (KKP) of Pekanbaru`s Port recorded increase in respiratory disease by 20 percent as a ...