#land and forest fire

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Riau declares emergency standby status over land and forest fires

The Riau provincial government has declared a three-month emergency standby status over land and forest fires, ...

Police ordered to arrest culprits of forest fires

West Kalimantan`s police chief Brig. Gen. Didi Haryano, has instructed his staffs to arrest the arsonists forest and ...

President wants sub-districts to have forest fire command posts

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked all relevant agencies to set up land and forest fire command posts up to a ...

Minister denies rejecting plan to buy copper for fire fighting

National Development Planning Minister Sofyan Djalil denied on Thursday that he has rejected the Environment and ...

Govt developing forest fire control system: Minister

The government is developing a system for handling land and forest fires quickly, Environment and Forestry Minister ...

Rains reduce the number of hotspots

Rains in several parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan islands on Tuesday and Wednesday reduced the number of hotspots, ...

Low visibility impedes water-bombing operations in S Sumatra

Low visibility and limited water sources have impeded the operation of foreign airplanes that are here to assist in ...

More water-bombers needed to put out hotspots

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said more water-bombing ...

Number of Sumatra's fire hot spots increases to 227

The number of hot spots from forest and plantation fires across Sumatra increased from 118 to 227 on Sunday. Of ...

Malaysian firms suspected to have sent haze home

Tens of companies have allegedly practiced slash-and-burns to open plantations in Sumatra`s Riau, causing forest fires ...

148 hotspots detected in Riau

Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), said on Wednesday, 148 hotspots have detected in ...

Artificial rain demand increasing

The Indonesian Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) receives increasing demand of artificial ...

Artificial rain demand increasing

The Indonesian Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) receives increasing demand of artificial ...

RI's reforestation program to absorb 47.6 bln tons of carbon gases

Indonesia is resuming its reforestation program this year, having set itself the target of planting at least 1.7 ...

Thick smog causes flights transfer at Dumai Airport

Operational chief of Pinang Kampai airport at Dumai Riau Irvan said that thick smog has caused flights to be ...