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Ministry readies warning system for La Nina triggered-disasters

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry has readied an early warning system to face possible hydrometeorological ...

BMKG detects 27 hotspots in North Sumatra

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) identified 27 hotspots in several areas in North Sumatra ...

South Sumatra BPBD dampening peatlands to prevent wildfires

The South Sumatra Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) intensified efforts to dampen peatlands to reduce damage from ...

Six hotspots identified in North Sumatra

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency detected six hotspots in several areas in North Sumatra Province on ...

IDI calls to postpone face-to-face learning amid pandemic

The Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) of Makassar City has pressed to give careful consideration to conducting ...

North Sulawesi hit by 5.3-magnitude quake on Tuesday

An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck North Sulawesi Province on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Meteorology, ...

Five hotspots indicating forest fire detected in North Sumatra

Five hotspots indicative of forest fires were detected in several areas of North Sumatra Province, on Tuesday morning, ...

Walhi activists report several hundred hotspots in S Sumatra's forests

Activists of the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) chapter in South Sumatra reported about hundreds of hotspots ...

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Stringent law enforcement crucial to keep forest fire cases down

Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest tropical rainforests, has been successful in significantly reducing ...

Police arrests resident on charge of igniting fire on 5 ha of land

West Kalimantan Police have arrested a resident of Kubu Raya District  on charge of igniting land fire in Bansir ...

Six regions in Riau on alert for land, forest fires

An emergency standby status for land and forest fires has been declared in five districts and one municipality in Riau ...

BMKG detects 38 hotspots in North Sumatra

Thirty-eight hotspots of forest and land fires have been detected in several parts of North Sumatra Province by Sensor ...

Stamp out forest fires before they spread: Jokoowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has directed regional government heads as well as local military (TNI) and police ...

Deployment of South Sumatra's fire task force continues despite rains

The South Sumatra provincial police is continuing to deploy hundreds of its personnel to combat forest and land fires ...

Ministry prepares strict sanctions on slash-and-burn farming

The Agriculture Ministry is considering imposing strict sanctions, in accordance with plantation law number 39 of 2014, ...