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Four helicopters deployed to evacuate crew of PT NUH helicopter

Four helicopters were deployed to evacuate crew members of the helicopter of PT National Utility Helicopters (NUH) that ...

Two-hectare marijuana field in Bengkulu exposed during police raid

The Bengkulu Police found two hectares of a marijuana field at a coffee plantation in Rejang Lebong District, Bengkulu ...

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 ...

14 mln ha of river basin areas in critical condition: minister

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya revealed that 14.3 million hectares of river basin areas in Indonesia ...

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 ...

RI to receive US$103.78-million GCF fund for lowering gas emissions

approved US$103.78 million of funding for Indonesia to acknowledge its achievement, the minister stated here on ...

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 ...

Central Sulawesi breeds rare, endemic maleo birds to boost population

The Central Sulawesi Natural Resources Conservation Office (BKSDA) has been breeding maleo birds to boost the ...

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 ...