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Air pollution emergency status revoked as Riau air quality stabilizes

The air pollution emergency status in Riau was revoked following an improvement in air quality and no further detection ...

Government to put cap on visitor numbers to Komodo Island

The government will set bounds for the number of tourists to Komodo Island in East Nusa Tenggara, rather than close it, ...

Ministry seeks for 30% reduction in manufacturing waste

The Indonesian government is scheduled to issue a Ministerial Decree that requires manufacturers of goods to reduce ...

BPDPKS decides to suspend palm oil export levies until 2020

The Indonesia Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDPKS) will not collect palm oil export levies until late ...

President holds discussions on efforts to boost investment climate

President Joko Widodo deliberated on endeavors to arrange investment to facilitate a good investment ...

Special Committee for Capital Relocation pays visit to East Kalimantan

The Special Committee for the Relocation of the Capital City (IKN) departed Jakarta for East Kalimantan Province to ...

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Indonesian forest fire chokes millions of people, animals

In June 2019, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMK) had warned that this year's dry season is ...

Five companies, one individual named suspects in fires

Five companies and one individual have been identified as suspects in the forest and land fires in 2019, Forestry and ...

Jambi's red sky explained as Mie scattering phenomenon

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) stated that the red sky appeared in Muaro Jambi, Jambi ...

House urges Forestry Ministry to set up forest fire task forces

Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Bambang Soesatyo has urged the Environment and Forestry Ministry to set ...

Land clearance for plantations causal to Indonesia's forest fires

Rasio Ridho Sani, director general of law enforcement of the Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry, pointed to ...

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Forest fire smog plays spoilsport in TdSi race in Riau

The Tour de Siak (TdSi) organizing committee apparently overlooked the weather factor while deciding to hold the event ...

Tour de Siak continues despite forest fire-induced haze: Riau Governor

Riau Governor Syamsuar supports holding the international cycling race and sports tourism event of Tour de Siak despite ...

Indonesia re-exports hazardous waste to Australia

The Indonesian government through the Directorate General of Customs and Excise will on Wednesday re-export nine ...

Walhi presses for stringent measures against firms behind forest fires

The Indonesian Forum for Environment (Walhi) of the West Kalimantan chapter urged the government to adopt strict ...