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South Sumatra to use drone to monitor hotspots

South Sumatra will use an unmanned aircraft, or drone, to monitor hotspots in plantation and forest areas that ...

ASEAN agrees to stop blame game over haze issue

The Association South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed to stop the practice of blaming each other over the haze ...

Police need to explain halting investigation on forest fires: Lawmaker

Deputy chairman of Commission III of the House of Representatives Benny K Harman said police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian ...

President Jokowi orders expansion of small airports

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has issued a directive to expand small airports across Indonesia, starting 2017, to ...

23 hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

As many as 23 hotspots, with 50 percent indicating forest and plantation fires, were detected in five provinces across ...

Indonesia`s gas emissions lower than intl measurement: Study

The greenhouse gas emissions produced by Indonesia due to forest fires are lower than the measurement made by the ...

Japan to invest in fire extinction technology in Indonesia

The Investment Coordinating Board said a Japanese company engaged in fire extinction technology is interested in ...

Indonesia, Norway hold second JCBC meeting

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi met her Norwegian counterpart Borge Brende for the second Joint Commission ...

Satellites detect 13 hotspots in Riau

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 13 hotspots in five districts in Riau Province, on Friday at 5 a.m. local ...

Norway to develop peatland-friendly agriculture in Indonesia

The Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia, Stig Traavik, has said his government is ready to help Indonesia to develop ...

BRG, Norway review drilling of borewells in Kampar Regency

The Peat Restoration Agency (BRG), Riau provincial government, and Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia reviewed the ...

Jararta-Beijing agree to expand security cooperation

Indonesia and China agreed on Tuesday to maintain security stability and peace in the region. Coordinating ...

Indonesia`s planned moratorium on oil palm concessions lauded

President Joko Widodos announcement last week about a plan to impose a moratorium on new permits for oil palm ...

Agency to restore over 800 thousand hectares of peatland areas

Two months after its establishment, the Indonesia Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has claimed that it is now ...

Leuthard, Jokowi discuss efforts to increase investment

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) received Swiss Vice President Doris Jeuthard here on Wednesday to discuss Switzerlands ...