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President inspects Palembang-Indralaya toll road construction works

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in Ogan Ilir District, South Sumatra, on Sunday, inspected construction works of ...

President checks preparations to mitigate haze disaster

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo arrived at Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II Airport in Palembang, South Sumatra, on Sunday ...

Indonesian haze begins escalating to neighboring countries

At least eight provinces in Indonesia currently have an increasing number of hotspots producing smoke from forest and ...

16 hectares of forest area razed by fires in Riau

At least 16 hectares of forest area were razed by fires in Riau Province, in May 2014, according to data from the ...

Participatory approach needed to overcome haze

Indonesia needs to take a participatory approach where the central government, local administrations, non-governmental ...

Riau police names 65 suspects on deliberate land fire case

The Riau police has named 65 suspects on deliberate land fire case that has caused severe air pollution there since ...

Police hunting down four suspects in Riau`s land fires

Police are hunting down four people suspected of setting fire to forested land in Riau province. "The four ...

Riau bush fire`s hot spot multiplied 150 times

Bush fire hot spots in Riau have multiplied 150 times, from 64 on Sunday (Feb. 23) to 1,234 on Monday, across eight ...

10 people named as suspects in Riau`s forested land fires

The Environment Ministry has named 10 people charged with setting fire to forested land in Riau Province last year. ...

Dumai`s air quality on Wednesday morning hazardous to health

The Pollutant Standard Index (PSI) over Dumai city, Riau province, reached 410, on Wednesday at around 8 a.m. local ...

Malaysia not to assist Malaysian firms burning land in Indonesia

The Malaysian government will not provide assistance to Malaysian companies that violate Indonesian regulations, ...

Haze raises respiratory disease sufferers by 20 pct

The Health Monitoring Office (KKP) of Pekanbaru`s Port recorded increase in respiratory disease by 20 percent as a ...

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 ...

Riau haze forces hundreds of people to evacuate

Haze from forest fire in Riau province has forced around 276 households in Rokan Hilir district to evacuate, Riau ...

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 ...