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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 ...

Dozens of orangutans afflicted with acute respiratory tract infection

Dozens of orangutans undergoing rehabilitation in the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation area in Nyaru ...

Environment Ministry seals 42 company lands to fight forest fires

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry sealed 42 lands belonging to a corporation and one of an individual under its ...

The Japanese Culinary Academy launches japanese-cuisine.com, a website with killer content and an e-learning program to promote Japanese cuisine abroad

- The Japanese Culinary Academy, located in Kyoto Prefecture, Yoshihiro Murata, Director, and online at ...

At least 2,510 hotspots observed in ASEAN on Sept 4-7

No less than 2,510 hotspots, indicating the presence of forest fires, were spotted by satellites throughout the ASEAN ...

Wildfire annihilates West Aceh's 1.5-ha peatland

Wildfire scorched through 1.5 hectares (ha) of peatland area in Suak Raya Village, Johan Pahlawan Sub-district, ...