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No new license for use of peat lands: Forestry minister

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya said license not yet used for peat land exploitation would be cancelled ...

Govt urged to end licenses for peatland exploitation

Forest and peatland fires have protracted over the past several months and triggered widespread haze in the country ...

President issues instructions on handling forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has issued several instructions on efforts to tackle land and forest fires during a ...

House lauds government`s efforts in tackling land and forest fires

House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto has lauded the governments efforts in tackling land and forest fires in ...

OKI gets priority in combating forest fires: Senior minister

Ogan Komering Ilir (OKI) district in South Sumatra Province has been accorded priority in efforts to put out land and ...

Indonesian forest fires cause regional concern

Millions of people in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore have been affected by the haze mainly arising from forest, ...

Indonesia needs no help from Singapore yet

Indonesia will not need help as of now from Singapore to overcome forest and land fires currently raging in the ...

President holds meeting in forest

President Joko Widodo held a meeting right in a forest, even as a fire raged, to discuss ways to develop canals to ...

Law enforcement imposed on individuals, companies causing forest fires: President

Indonesian President Joko Widodo affirmed that the law will be imposed equally on individuals and companies found ...

Government revokes permits of companies involved in forest fires

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has revoked the permits of three plantation companies proven guilty of setting ...

President orders relocation of Sinabung victims before 2015 end

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed that efforts to relocate the victims of the Mount Sinabung volcanic ...

Govt investigates hundreds of businesses over haze

The Indonesian government is now investigating a total of 276 business entities suspected to have caused forest fires ...

Govt to set up institution to accelerate development in Papua

The government will set up an institution tasked with accelerating natural resource-based development efforts in Papua ...

Owner of company involved in forest fires can face sanctions

Any company found guilty of setting fire to land and forest will have not only its permit revoked, but the owner or ...

NGO to provide legal counsel to victims of forest fires

The prolonged drought induced by the El Nino phenomenon, has resulted in a water crisis and harvest failure in some ...