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COVID-19 adding to challenge posed by forest fires

With Indonesia still in the grip of the coronavirus, which is known to cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), ...

Govt prioritizes changing public mindset on reducing land degradation

The government has channeled its efforts to change the public outlook in preventing environmental degradation, ...

Government sees dramatic increase in forest fires in Aug-Sep

Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, said the Indonesian government is anticipating a potential ...

Exposure to forest, land fire smoke worsens COVID-19 risk: Monardo

COVID-19 Handling Acceleration Task Force Chief Doni Monardo cautioned that heavy smoke from forest and land fires, ...

Indonesia successful in minimizing forest fires, claims minister

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, has claimed that Indonesia has successfully ...

Sustainable peatland management crucial in preventing fires: President

President Joko Widodo appealed to ministries and related institutions to ensure sustainability and consistency in ...

Apply technology to prevent land, forest fire: President

President Joko Widodo highlighted the need to apply technology to prevent land and forest fires while monitoring ...

Two truck drivers in C Kalimantan arrested for illegal logging cases

The police in North Barito District, Central Kalimantan Province, stopped two trucks carrying several pieces of ...

Land, forest fires ravage West Aceh's 2.1-acre land this week

Land and forest fires in Peunaga Cut Ujong Village, West Aceh, burned 2.1 acres of peatland area in the past week due ...

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Indonesia braces for extreme dry season amid COVID-19

As it battles the coronavirus pandemic, Indonesia, which is currently entering the dry season, is bracing for a ...

Task force teams deployed in Sumatra, Kalimantan to anticipate fires

Indonesia's Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry (KLHK) has deployed task force teams as a precautionary ...

Police probe mask theft at C Kalimantan Health Office's warehouse

Police were investigating the theft of thousands of masks kept at the warehouse of the Central Kalimantan Provincial ...

Sumatran elephant found dead in Aceh forest

A female Sumatran elephant was found dead in a ditch inside Peunaron Lama forest, Peunaron Sub-district, East Aceh ...

Three orangutans released into Tanjung Puting National Park

Indonesia's Environment and Forestry Ministry and its partners in Central Kalimantan Province released three ...

11 hotspots of forest fires detected in Riau's coastal areas

The Pekanbaru Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Office (BMKG) detected 11 hotspots indicative of forest fires ...