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Collection of gambut news, found 23 news.

South Kalimantan police arrest drug courier with 5.3kg drugs

A 43-year-old man was caught trying to smuggle 52 packs of methamphetamine weighing around 5.3 kilograms concealed ...

Peatlands are crucial ecosystem for biodiversity conservation: BRIN

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) emphasized that peatlands are an important ecosystem for the ...

Damage to peatlands could erase local people's identity: Pantau Gambut

Non-profit organization Pantau Gambut has warned that the destruction of peatlands in Indonesia will not only have an ...

Some 64 percent of peatland fires occur outside concession areas

The Pantau Gambut Platform confirmed that 64 percent of the peatland fires occurred outside concession areas, based on ...

Massive peatland damage connected to flooding: researcher

There is a connection between peatland damage, which causes such lands to lose their function of absorbing and storing ...

Pertamina collaborates with community to achieve sustainability

Indonesian energy company PT Pertamina (Persero) echoed its commitment to achieving environmental sustainability ...

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Stringent law enforcement crucial to keep forest fire cases down

Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest tropical rainforests, has been successful in significantly reducing ...

Riau's BPBD stations 6,000 personnel to prevent, handle forest fires

The Regional Disaster Mitigation Office (BPBD) of Riau Province, in collaboration with other related offices, stationed ...

News Focus - ITPC expected to promote sustainable peatland ecosystem management by Fardah Assegaf

Peatlands, which are natural areas of the accumulated decayed plant material known as peat, have huge importance as ...

BRG allocates rp2.3 billion for peatland restoration in Dumai

The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has allocated Rp2.3 billion (US$155 thousand) for the construction of ...

EARTH WIRE -- Peatland restoration helps prevent forest fires

Set up nearly a year ago, Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has wasted no time in protecting and restoring peatlands ...

EARTH WIRE -- BRG to complete installation of 2,000 wells in C. Kalimantan

Indonesias Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) said, it would soon complete installation of 2,000 wells in peatland ...

EARTH WIRE -- BRG to restore 2.4 million hectares of damaged peat lands

Indonesias Peat Land Restoration Agency (BRG) said it hoped to restore 2.4 million hectares of damaged peat lands ...

EARTH WIRE -- Indonesian govt imposes moratorium on land clearing of peatland

Indonesia, through its new government regulation (PP) No. 57/2016 on the revision of PP No. 71/2014 on Peat Ecosystem ...

BRG, Norway review drilling of borewells in Kampar Regency

The Peat Restoration Agency (BRG), Riau provincial government, and Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia reviewed the ...