#land and forest fires

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Riau police names five as suspects in forest fires

The Riau Police have charged five people as suspects in the land and forest fires cases after cross examinations and ...

Singapore protests against smokes should taken seriously

The Singapore protests against smoke from land and forest fires in Riau should be taken seriously with the mitigation ...

Fighter planes monitor fires in Riau

Several of the Air Force`s Hawk 100/200 fighter planes have been deployed to monitor bush fires in Sumatra`s Riau ...

Nine choppers readied to put out land fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Body (BNPB) has again readied nine helicopters to put out land and forest fires in ...

ASEAN lauds Indonesian`s efforts to fight forest fires

ASEAN environment ministers have praised Indonesia for its quick act to combat land and forest fires that caused air ...

Police arrest 23 suspects over forest fires

The Police of Riau have arrested 23 suspects in connection with forest and peat land fires in the province that have ...

Air quality index in Riau improving

Air quality index in Riau has continued to improve in line with the declining number of forest and land fires ...

Kadin asks research, technology ministry to study Riau`s haze

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has asked the Ministry of Research and Technology to study ...

14 suspects in Riau land fires arrested

The Riau haze management task force has arrested 14 people suspected of involvement in land fires in five different ...

Walhi reports 117 firms

The Environmental Forum (Walhi) has reported 117 companies suspected to be responsible for land and forest fires in ...

President Yudhoyono hopes neighbors not to send wrong signals

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said neighboring countries should not give wrong signals over land and forest fires ...

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 ...

Pekanbaru`s airport shut down due to thick haze

Sultan Syarif Kasim (SSK) II Airport in Pekanbaru was shut down temporarily, from 8 to 9 am local time, due to thick ...

148 hotspots detected in Riau

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