#land fires

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Land fires trigger haze in several areas in North Kalimantan

Forest and land fires continue to haunt North Kalimantan, as they have occurred daily in the province over the last ...

Thousand of Riau residents suffer respiratory problems due to haze

Thousand of residents in Riau Province have suffered respiratory problems after they were exposed to air pollution ...

Governor calls on people to cultivate peatlands for farming

West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji has called on people to utilize peatland areas in the region to plant horticulture ...

100 soldiers flown to Riau to help fight land, forest fires

A company of 100 soldiers from the Army`s Strategic Reserve Command (Kostrad) arrived in Riau province on Sunday to ...

Land fires in Riau arose far from settlement: BRG

The land and forest fire in Riau Province occurred in areas far from the settlement and farmers` plantation, according ...

News Focus

Presidential debate lacked environmental focus By Fardah

The second round of presidential election debate, held on Feb 17, 2019, was considered more interesting, but ...

Presidential Debate

Prabowo vows to take stern measures against environmental polluters

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto would take stern measures against companies that caused environmental damage, ...

Presidential Debate

Jokowi lauds farmers for corn production up 3.3 million tons

Incumbent presidential candidate Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed gratitude to corn farmers who managed to increase ...

Fires burn 124.5 hectares of land in Riau since early January

Some 124.5 hectares of land and forests in Riau Province caught fires since early this year due to low rainfall, ...

UN Environment ready to help finance International Tropical Peatland Center in Bogor

The UN Environment is ready to finance the International Tropical Peatland Center (ITPC) set up in the West Java city ...

Norway offers assistance for landscape program of South Sumatra

Norway is one of the donor countries to have offered help for implementing the Sembilang Dangku landscape program in ...

Indonesia to share best practices at climate change conference

Minister of Environment and Forestry Siti Nurbaya has stated that Indonesia would share the best practices in ...

Wood survives in times of economic turmoil: Environment Minister

Environment and Forestry Affairs Minister (LHK) Siti Nurbaya Bakar said wood still survives in times of economic ...

Forestry businesses optimistic of increase in investment

The Indonesian Forest Entrepreneurs Association (APHI) is optimistic that investment in the forestry sector will ...

BMKG monitoring four hot spots in Aceh

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) is monitoring four hot spots detected by sensors using ...