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West Aceh still prone to forest, land fires: BPBD

The West Aceh District Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) emphasized that the West Aceh region is still prone ...

Indonesia urges world to collectively tackle climate change

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan encouraged nations worldwide to ...

BNPB reports 68 natural disasters on January 1-8, 2022

The National Disaster  Mitigation Agency (BNPB) reported 68 natural disasters that affected several  parts of ...

Weather modification technology to prevent forest fire: ministry

The Environment and Forestry Ministry affirmed that weather modification technology will continue to be promoted to be ...

Pertamina collaborates with community to achieve sustainability

Indonesian energy company PT Pertamina (Persero) echoed its commitment to achieving environmental sustainability ...

Environment Ministry anticipates forest fires despite La Nina

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry readies anticipatory measures against forest and land fires during and after ...

Ministry readies warning system for La Nina triggered-disasters

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry has readied an early warning system to face possible hydrometeorological ...

Five hotspots indicating forest fire detected in North Sumatra

Five hotspots indicative of forest fires were detected in several areas of North Sumatra Province, on Tuesday morning, ...

Walhi activists report several hundred hotspots in S Sumatra's forests

Activists of the Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) chapter in South Sumatra reported about hundreds of hotspots ...

Fires ravage 60 hectares land in Bintan in one week

Fires have laid to waste around 60 hectares of peatland and bushland in Bintan district, Riau Islands province in the ...

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Stringent law enforcement crucial to keep forest fire cases down

Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest tropical rainforests, has been successful in significantly reducing ...

Forest, land fires down by 82% in 2020: Mahfud MD

  The incidence of forest and land fires declined by around 82 percent in the past year, based on data ...

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 ...

Police arrests resident on charge of igniting fire on 5 ha of land

West Kalimantan Police have arrested a resident of Kubu Raya District  on charge of igniting land fire in Bansir ...

BMKG reports 18 hotspots in Bengkalis District

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) recorded the presence of 18 hotspots indicating forest and ...