#land fires

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Pontianak plans to change school hours owing to haze

Mayor of Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Edi Rusdi Kamtono announced the local government's plan to temporarily change ...

Singapore lauds Indonesia's forest fire control efforts

The Indonesian government's efforts to combat land and forest fires have received appreciation at the meeting of ...

773 hotspots identified across Indonesia: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) confirmed the detection of some 773 hotspots scattered across several ...

BMKG identifies 18,895 hotspots in Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) identified at least 18,895 hotspots in Southeast Asia and ...

BRG to develop more peat rewetting infrastructure in Riau

The Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) will develop infrastructure for peat rewetting in areas in Riau Province, with no ...

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Tackling forest fires in 5 Indonesian provinces

Several children attending the Islam Akramunnas Kindergarten in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, had no option but to wear ...

BNPB head invites nation's components to stop forest, land fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Head Doni Monardo has invited all components of the nation to put a halt ...

Police grill eight people over land fire in West Aceh

Police have interrogated eight people in connection with land fires in West Aceh District in recent weeks. "We ...

Smog lowers visibility in Pekanbaru

Haze from forest and land fires blanketing Pekanbaru City, Riau Province, since Tuesday morning, has reduced ...

Land fires in East Kotawaringin partially intentional: district head

District Head of East Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan, Supian Hadi affirmed that land fires that had arisen in his ...

Ministry handles forest fires with a hotspot approach

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry was working on a system to prevent forest and land fires with a hotspot ...

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Indonesia pays serious attention to forest fires handling

Indonesia is bracing for devastating and more frequent forest fires, following the recurrence of bush and forest ...

Central Kalimantan needs helitanker to support aerial firefighting

The Kotawaringin Timur Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) needs a helitanker to back its efforts to extinguish wildfires ...

Tens of hectares of peatland in Mempawah ravaged by fire

Fire, in the last 72 hours, has burnt down over 80 hectares of peatland in Rasau Village, Sui Pinyuh Sub-district, ...

TNI's 70 personnel in Kapuas Hulu to tackle forest fire

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has readied 70 personnel in Kapuas Hulu District, West Kalimantan, as a precautionary ...