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Satellites detect 68 hotspots on Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 68 hotspots on Sumatra Island, a sharp increase from nine on the previous ...

Riau police name 85 suspects over wildfire cases

The Riau Police have named 85 suspects over wildfires during the January-August 2016 period. The cases are being ...

Military officers build barriers to prevent wildfires from spreading

A number of military officers were deployed to build barriers to prevent wildfires in Selakau, Sambas District, West ...

Fires raze some 600 ha of forest, peatland, plantation areas

Some 600 hectares of forest, peatland and plantation areas were gutted by fires over the past one week, Commander of ...

South Sumatra to use drone to monitor hotspots

South Sumatra will use an unmanned aircraft, or drone, to monitor hotspots in plantation and forest areas that ...

ASEAN agrees to stop blame game over haze issue

The Association South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has agreed to stop the practice of blaming each other over the haze ...

Police need to explain halting investigation on forest fires: Lawmaker

Deputy chairman of Commission III of the House of Representatives Benny K Harman said police chief Gen. Tito Karnavian ...

President Jokowi orders expansion of small airports

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has issued a directive to expand small airports across Indonesia, starting 2017, to ...

23 hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

As many as 23 hotspots, with 50 percent indicating forest and plantation fires, were detected in five provinces across ...

Indonesia`s planned moratorium on oil palm concessions lauded

President Joko Widodos announcement last week about a plan to impose a moratorium on new permits for oil palm ...

Leuthard, Jokowi discuss efforts to increase investment

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) received Swiss Vice President Doris Jeuthard here on Wednesday to discuss Switzerlands ...

Swiss Vice President reviews cooperation with BMKG

Swiss Vice President Doris Leuthard visited the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agencys (BMKGs) office here on ...

Sumatra warned over emergence of forest and land fires

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency-Pekanbaru Station detected 42 hotspots in five provinces of ...

Slash-and-burn method contributes to hotspots in Riau: Official

Several hotspots in Bengkalis District, Riau, are caused by the extreme weather during the dry season and the acts of ...

Indonesia empowers communities to prevent forest fires

The traumatic experiences due to forest fires and the consequent haze disaster are still fresh in the minds of ...