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Putting Out Forest Fires Crucial to Saving Lives

At least 307,360 people in six Indonesian provinces, from June 29 to October 5, 2015, sought medical treatment for ...

Police process 33 cases of land fires in W Kalimantan

The West Kalimantan Provincial Police have processed 33 cases of land fires which have caused haze to spread across ...

RI to buy waterbombing aircraft next year: President

President Joko Widodo said on Friday that Indonesia would buy aircraft, which can be specially used to tackle fires or ...

Police names 240 people as suspects behind forest fires

Indonesian Police has named 240 people as suspects who allegedly set fire to forest and land, causing a haze disaster ...

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 ...

Dayak Benuaq community wins Equator Prize

The indigenous community of Dayak Benuaq in Muara Tae, West Kutai, East Kalimantan province, has won the Equator Prize ...

Police should pursue perpetrators of forest fires: President

President Joko Widodo has urged the police to continue with its law enforcement efforts to arrest the perpetrators of ...

Police investigate perpetrators involved in land, forest fires

The Indonesian police are committed to thoroughly investigating all those companies which burned the forests, causing ...

Research needed to know more about Rafflesia

A researcher from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has said there are still many mysteries connected to ...

US allocated US$500 mln for energy, forest preservation in Indonesia

The United States plans to implement a $500 million program in Indonesia that will help catalyze investment in ...

Rafflesia, Amorphopallus flowers declared endangered species: Research

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has said two rare native flowers species from the Sumatran forests, ...

Cendrawasih Bay National Park center preserves six turtle species

The Cendrawasih Bay National Park (TNTC) Center continues to preserve six species of endangered sea turtles living in ...

Indonesia Intelligence Agency locates 133 fires in C. Kalimantan

The Indonesia State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has located 133 fires in plantation areas in Central Kalimantan. ...

Thick smokes still blanketing part of Riau

Thick smokes still is blanketing part of Riau disrupting flight schedules from and to this provincial city of ...