#land and forest fire

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East Kalimantan hit by wildfires, 64 hotspots found

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has detected 64 hotspots of wildfire occurrence in three ...

Ministry uses Jambi's forest fire handling as pilot project: Official

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) appointed the provinces of Jambi and South Kalimantan as pilot projects ...

BNPB reduces El Nio impacts with land, air operations: Official

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) continues to reduce the impact of El Niño that hit several ...

Peak of dry season sparking land, forest fires: Minister

With the dry season reaching its peak and the mercury shooting up, several parts of Indonesia recorded land and forest ...

Papua prepares team to anticipate wildfires

The Papua Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has prepared a team of personnel to anticipate wildfire risks ...

South Sumatra: 300 police officers sent to wildfire-prone villages

The South Sumatra police on Wednesday dispatched 300 officers to villages that have been determined to be vulnerable to ...

74 hotspots detected in East Kalimantan: BMKG

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) on Thursday detected 74 hotspots of wildfires in several ...

Govt looks to tackle peatland fires with weather modification

The Peat and Mangrove Restoration Agency (BRGM), in collaboration with the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), ...

Ministry prioritizes disaster mitigation program in 2023

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture stated that disaster mitigation is included in the ...

Forest, land fire areas declined by 43 percent in 2022

Indonesia witnessed a 43-percent decline in terms of areas affected by forest and land fires in 2022 as compared to the ...

West Aceh still prone to forest, land fires: BPBD

The West Aceh District Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) emphasized that the West Aceh region is still prone ...

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 ...

Ministry prepares strict sanctions on slash-and-burn farming

The Agriculture Ministry is considering imposing strict sanctions, in accordance with plantation law number 39 of 2014, ...

Efforts on to put out wildfires in West Aceh

Personnel from the West Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and a joint team of firefighters were striving to ...

South Sumatra police join forest fire control efforts

South Sumatra police have dispatched 159 officers to support the preventive and mitigation efforts of the ...