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Riau's BPBD stations 6,000 personnel to prevent, handle forest fires

The Regional Disaster Mitigation Office (BPBD) of Riau Province, in collaboration with other related offices, stationed ...

BMKG identifies 325 hotspots in West Kalimantan

A total of 325 hotspots indicating land and forest fires were found in West Kalimantan Province as of Friday, according ...

Six regions in Riau on alert for land, forest fires

An emergency standby status for land and forest fires has been declared in five districts and one municipality in Riau ...

Fires scorch 248 ha of land, forests in Riau

Fires have laid to waste 248.95 hectares of land and forests in Riau province since early this year, chief of the Riau ...

Fires destroy 55 hectares of land, forests in Riau

Fires gutted 55.71 hectares of land and forests in Riau province between January 1 and February 13, 2021. During the ...

Indonesia hit by 372 disasters since early 2021: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) confirmed that a total of 372 natural disasters had impacted Indonesia ...

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A closer look at Bekantan's life in Curiak Island

An alpha male bekantan sits alone on a bench on the banks of Barito River in Curiak Island, Barito Kuala District, ...

BRG: Peatland restoration cuts greenhouse gas emissions significantly

Peatland restoration conducted by the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) in seven provinces has helped reduce greenhouse ...

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Turning things around in the climate negotiation room

- held in Glasgow, United Kingdom in November 2021 -- must be able to carry out what is known as the best alternative ...

Indonesia supports green, sustainable economy despite pandemic

Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan reiterated Indonesia's commitment to ...

PT CPI-BRG trains Riau's 10 villages on zero burning land clearing

Oil firm PT Chevron Pacific Indonesia and the Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) developed a program of zero burning ...

Defense Minister Subianto receives PPE aid from Australia

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto received personal protective equipment (PPE) worth 2 million Australian dollars ...

Ministry prepares strict sanctions on slash-and-burn farming

The Agriculture Ministry is considering imposing strict sanctions, in accordance with plantation law number 39 of 2014, ...

Efforts on to put out wildfires in West Aceh

Personnel from the West Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) and a joint team of firefighters were striving to ...

South Sumatra police join forest fire control efforts

South Sumatra police have dispatched 159 officers to support the preventive and mitigation efforts of the ...