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Minister highlights carbon storage potential of Indonesian forests

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan acknowledged endeavors to preserve ...

Aceh govt urged to seek solutions to human-wildlife conflicts

A legislator has appealed to the Aceh provincial administration to seek solutions to human-wildlife conflicts that ...

Three suspected ivory traders arrested in Lampung

Lampung police and investigators from the Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park have detained three suspected ivory ...

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 ...

Defense Minister Subianto receives PPE aid from Australia

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto received personal protective equipment (PPE) worth 2 million Australian dollars ...

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Indonesia's weather is a study in contrasts

Indonesia is preparing anticipatory measures against extreme weather events as it is prone to hydro-meteorological ...

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, ...

Four districts in SE Sulawesi experience days without rain: BMKG

The districts of Bombana, Muna, Central Buton, and South Buton in Southeast Sulawesi Province have experienced several ...

Fire reported at Attorney General's office

A fire broke out at the Attorney General's office in South Jakarta at 7:10 p.m. local time on Saturday night, but ...

Efforts on to put out wildfires in West Aceh

Personnel from the West Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and a joint team of firefighters were striving to ...

South Sumatra police join forest fire control efforts

South Sumatra police have dispatched 159 officers to support the preventive and mitigation efforts of the ...

Satellites identify 23 hotspots of forest fires in North Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites as well as the NOAA20 satellites unearthed 23 medium-category hotspots in North Sumatra ...

Helicopters drop 4.6 million liters water in South Sumatra

Aerial firefighting helicopters dropped over 4.6 million liters of water to help douse forest and land fires at 51 ...

COVID-19 can infect anyone regardless of social status: minister

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, has emphasized that the novel coronavirus ...

Jambi police arrest two arsonists for torching land for clearance

Police personnel in Tanjab Timur District, Jambi Province, apprehended two local residents for allegedly torching four ...