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Disaster Mitigation Agency assures Asian Games will be free from smoke

Chief of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Willem Rampangilei has assured the public that the 18th Asian ...

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Asian Games - BRG prepares 200 artesian wells to anticipate haze

The Peat Restoration Agency (BRG) would drill 200 artesian wells in six villages in Ogan Komering Ilir, a land ...

Government discusses precautionary measures against forest fires

The government has held discussions on precautionary measures against land and forest fires following the onset of the ...

Environment Ministry struggles to make Asian Games free from smoke

The Environment and Forestry Ministry is determined to do its utmost to make Indonesia free from smoke when it hosts ...

Two water-bombing helicopters deployed to palembang for asian games

Two additional water-bombing helicopters have been sent to Palembang, South Sumatra Province, for anticipating ...

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 ...

Natural disasters inflict Rp30 trillion loss per year in Indonesia

Indonesia suffers an average of Rp30 trillion in economic losses per year due to natural disasters, Head of the ...

Singapore lauds Indonesia`s efforts in handling forest fires

Countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are contributing to achieving a smoke-free zone by ...

EARTH WIRE -- Two additional helicopters needed to anticipate Riau`s forest fires: Nurendi

Two additional helicopters are needed in Riau Province, Sumatra Island, to anticipate the annual land and forest ...

EARTH WIRE -- President Jokowi urges revocation of companies triggering forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged several related ministries such as the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry ...

Satellites detect 37 hotspots across Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua satellites of NASA detected 37 hotspots in five provinces across Sumatra Island on Sunday. The ...

Indonesian minister advises maintaining vigil in wake of forest fires

Indonesia has continued to remain vigilant against forest fires, although the number of hotspots across the nation has ...

Legal enforcement stepped up to combat forest fires

Riaus inhabitants have long yearned to lead a haze-free existence as they have reeled under the impacts of smoke ...

All-out fight against forest fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan

The Indonesian authorities had a fleeting sense of relief that there had been no haze from forest fires until early ...