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Ministry anticipating threat of forest, land fires

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry is committed to anticipating the threat of forest and land fires in ...

Minister asks public to raise awareness on air pollution

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has appealed to the public to increase awareness on air pollution since it can ...

Indonesia successfully curbed land, forest fires during 2020-2022

Indonesia succeeded in reducing land and forest fires as well as tackling cross-border haze in the past three years, ...

Safe houses essential for victims of violence: minister

Safe houses are essential to protect victims of violence and human trafficking, Minister of Women's Empowerment and ...

BNPB deploys helicopter to mitigate forest, land fires in S Kalimantan

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has deployed a helicopter to assist the South Kalimantan provincial ...

Regional governments should remain alert to forest, land fires: BNPB

National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Head Lieutenant General Suharyanto pressed for constant vigil from regional ...

Climate change can inflict Rp544 trillion in losses on Indonesia

Environmental Director of the Ministry of National Development Planning/ National Development Planning Agency ...

Burnt forest, land areas increased in 2021: Ministry

The Environment and Forestry Ministry pointed to an increase in the area of forest and land burnt during the ...

NGOs played role in reducing forest fires, deforestation: CIFOR

The government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and other stakeholders have helped bring down the incidence of ...

Six hotspots identified in North Sumatra

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency detected six hotspots in several areas in North Sumatra Province on ...

Five hotspots indicating forest fire detected in North Sumatra

Five hotspots indicative of forest fires were detected in several areas of North Sumatra Province, on Tuesday morning, ...

Walhi activists report several hundred hotspots in S Sumatra's forests

Activists of the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) chapter in South Sumatra reported about hundreds of hotspots ...

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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 ...

Police arrests resident on charge of igniting fire on 5 ha of land

West Kalimantan Police have arrested a resident of Kubu Raya District  on charge of igniting land fire in Bansir ...

No compromise on handling forest arsonists: Indonesian president

President Joko Widodo stressed that the law enforcement apparatus should handle forest arsonists without ...