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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 ...

Air quality index in Riau improving

Air quality index in Riau has continued to improve in line with the declining number of forest and land fires ...

18 suspects detained over forest fires

Police have arrested 18 suspects in connection with forest and land fires in the Sumatran province of Riau. ...

Thousands of soldiers deployed to fight fires

Thousands of soldiers have been sent to fight remaining forest and land fires in six locations in Riau province. ...

Forest protection responsibility of all parties

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said the protection of tropical forests in Indonesia was the responsibility of ...

Take firm action against forest fire perpetrators

The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) has asked the government to take the firmest possible action against ...

President leads haze management task force rally

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono led the rally of Riau haze management task force at Halim Perdanakusuma airport ...

Riau haze forces hundreds of people to evacuate

Haze from forest fire in Riau province has forced around 276 households in Rokan Hilir district to evacuate, Riau ...

Number of Sumatra's fire hot spots increases to 227

The number of hot spots from forest and plantation fires across Sumatra increased from 118 to 227 on Sunday. Of ...

Visibility at Hang Nadim Airport up to 2,000 meters

Visibility at Hang Nadim Airport on the industrialized island of Batam went up to 2,000 meters on Sunday afternoon ...

Malaysian firms suspected to have sent haze home

Tens of companies have allegedly practiced slash-and-burns to open plantations in Sumatra`s Riau, causing forest fires ...