#land fires

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Manggala Agni continues fire-fighting efforts in Kampar peatland

The forest fire brigade of the Environmental and Forestry Ministry (Manggala Agni) continued its efforts to extinguish ...

Environment ministry intensifies land and forest fire control

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) and related stakeholders are working together to intensify patrols to ...

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Indonesia makes serious effort to tackle forest fires

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

Bengkalis BPBD workers, firefighters put out bush and forest fires

The Bengkalis Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) workers and firefighters successfully doused fires that spread across ...

BPPT uses artificial rain to overcome forest fires

The Technology Assessment and Application Agency (BPPT) uses weather modification technology, better known as ...

Land fires hit East Kotawaringin

Land fires began in East Kotawaringin District, Central Kalimantan, as less rain fell in the past week to make the dry ...

Riau Fire Free Village program covers 600,000 hectares

The Fire Free Village Program (FFVP) that has been running for the past five years in Riau Province has reached five ...

South Sumatra forest fire task force identifies five fire-prone areas

The South Sumatra Forest and Land Fire Task Force has identified five fire-prone areas, the districts of Ogan Ilir, ...

Forest patrol continues in anticipation of Ell Nino-induced fires

The Environment and Forestry Ministry's Post Command for Forest Fire Control has continued its routine and ...

Ministry urged to soon transfer management of Komodo National Park

The local government of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) has called on the Environment and Forestry Ministry to hand over the ...

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Prioritizing preventive measures against forest fires

The Indonesian authorities have claimed that te number of forest fires had reduced some 85 percent over the past ...

Rp1 trillion spent on fighting land fires in 2018

The government spent Rp1 trillion for fighting wildfires on peatlands in South Sumatra province last year, Chief of the ...

10 helicopters, one Cassa deployed to fight Riau's forest fires

The Indonesian government has deployed 10 helicopters and a Cassa aircraft to extinguish forest and land fires in Riau ...

Ministry focuses on preventive measures against forest fires

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry`s Forest and Land Fire Control Brigade, Manggala Agni, and ...

Two hotspots detected in Aceh

Two hotspots were detected in Indonesia`s westernmost province of Aceh, a decrease from five hotspots on the previous ...