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Jokowi chairs meeting to tackle forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) chaired a meeting at the State Palace here on Tuesday to discuss efforts to combat ...

Satellites identify 152 hotspots on Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua Satellites, on Tuesday, at 6 a.m. local time, detected 152 hotspots on Sumatra Island, including 75 ...

Haze-induced visibility impairment in Pekanbaru reaches two kilometers

Haze, arising from forest fires, has lowered visibility in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, to two kilometers, or two thousand ...

BRG to develop more peat rewetting infrastructure in Riau

The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) will develop infrastructure for peat rewetting in areas in Riau Province, with no ...

700 Pekanbaru inhabitants suffer from respiratory illness due to haze

Some 700 people in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, currently suffer from respiratory illness as haze from forest fires has ...

BNPB ready to deploy more helicopters to put out forest fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) is ready to deploy more helicopters to put out land and forest fire in ...

Satellites detect 138 hotspots of forest fires in Riau

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 138 hotspots indicating forest fires in eight districts of Riau Province on ...

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Tackling forest fires in 5 Indonesian provinces

Several children attending the Islam Akramunnas Kindergarten in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, had no option but to wear ...

BNPB head invites nation's components to stop forest, land fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Head Doni Monardo has invited all components of the nation to put a halt ...

BMKG confirms 85 hotspots detected across Sumatra Island

The Pekanbaru Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected 85 hotspots, indicating potential ...

Police grill eight people over land fire in West Aceh

Police have interrogated eight people in connection with land fires in West Aceh District in recent weeks. "We ...

Jokowi instructs to immediately extinguish forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given orders to immediately put out the forest fires currently raging in several ...

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Nearly 50 million Indonesians threatened by extreme drought

An El Niño-induced severe dry spell has cast a pall over 100 districts and cities in Indonesia’s provinces ...

Haze enveloping Pekanbaru compels students to wear face masks

Students and teachers in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, were left with no choice but to wear face masks as haze, arising ...

Five provinces declare emergency status for land and forest fires

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture announced that five provinces in the country have declared ...