#land and forest fires

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BPPT uses artificial rain to overcome forest fires

The Technology Assessment and Application Agency (BPPT) uses weather modification technology, better known as ...

C Kalimantan deploys 750 personnel to prevent forest fires

Central Kalimantan province is deploying a task force consisting of 750 personnel to prevent land and forest fires in ...

Mily joins efforts to halt forest fires in South Sumatra

The Indonesian military will join efforts to halt recurrences of land and forest fires in South Sumatra Province during ...

South Sumatra police warn plantation companies

The South Sumatra police have warned plantation companies and farmers in the province against conducting slash and burn ...

Riau Fire Free Village program covers 600,000 hectares

The Fire Free Village Program (FFVP) that has been running for the past five years in Riau Province has reached five ...

Riau's land, forest fires covered 3,147 hectares in Jan-June 2019

Land and forest fires in Riau Province during the period from January to June covered an area of 3,147 hectares, ...

Hot spots begin appearing in Riau: BMKG

The Pekanbaru Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) revealed on Monday afternoon that five hot spots, ...

South Sumatra adopts precautionary measures to avert forest fires

South Sumatra's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has taken precautionary measures by increasing surveillance in ...

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Prioritizing preventive measures against forest fires

The Indonesian authorities have claimed that te number of forest fires had reduced some 85 percent over the past ...

Land fires trigger haze in several areas in North Kalimantan

Forest and land fires continue to haunt North Kalimantan, as they have occurred daily in the province over the last ...

Forest fires gut 1,136 hectares of area in Riau

Forest fires have gutted a total of 1,136 hectares (ha) of forest and plantation areas in Riau Province since January ...

Thousand of Riau residents suffer respiratory problems due to haze

Thousand of residents in Riau Province have suffered respiratory problems after they were exposed to air pollution ...

Governor calls on people to cultivate peatlands for farming

West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji has called on people to utilize peatland areas in the region to plant horticulture ...

100 soldiers flown to Riau to help fight land, forest fires

A company of 100 soldiers from the Army`s Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) arrived in Riau province on Sunday to ...

Fires burn 124.5 hectares of land in Riau since early January

Some 124.5 hectares of land and forests in Riau Province caught fires since early this year due to low rainfall, ...