#land and forest fires

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RI involves informal negotiators at climate change meet

The Indonesian government is involving several informal negotiators, including diplomats and religious figures, to ...

Govt set to form peat ecosystem restoration body

The government is gearing up for the creation of peat ecosystem restoration body to restore peat land damaged in ...

Jokowi discusses Batam-Bintan-Karimun economic zone with Singapore

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) received Singaporean Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean here on Tuesday to discuss a ...

Indonesia thanks Australia for assistance in handling forest fires

Indonesias President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed gratitude to Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for ...

Indonesia can learn from Finland`s peatland handling experience

Indonesia could learn from Finlands experience in handling peatlands as they cover about one-third of Finlands ...

Indonesia, Finland to explore renewable energy cooperation

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and her Finnish counterpart Timo Soini held a bilateral meeting on Monday, ...

President set to have office in Palembang

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is set to have an office in Palembang to monitor the handling of land and forest fires ...

Thin smoke from Sumatra reaches northern Banten waters

The smoke arising from land and forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan has been spotted over the waters of north ...

Indonesia to operate more water bombing aircraft

Indonesia will operate more foreign water bombing aircraft to put out land and forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan, ...

Govt urged to end licenses for peatland exploitation

Forest and peatland fires have protracted over the past several months and triggered widespread haze in the country ...

Increased cloud cover forecast over Sumatra, Kalimantan

Indonesias National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) has forecast an increase in cloud cover over Sumatra and ...

President issues instructions on handling forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has issued several instructions on efforts to tackle land and forest fires during a ...

Forest fires threaten endangered animal species

The ongoing land and forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan have put the lives of endangered animal species there on ...

Police to soon probe firms involved in land fires

The Riau Provincial Police will soon investigate several companies for their alleged involvement in land and forest ...

President holds meeting to discuss haze problem

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) held a limited cabinet meeting with relevant ministers on Friday to discuss the haze ...