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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 ...

Dead victims due to haze to receive compensation

The Ministry of Social Affairs will provide compensation for a haze victim who died in Riau province, according to ...

BKMG discovers five hotspots in Batam

Hang Nadim Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has discovered five hotspots from forest fire across ...

Indonesia govt sends team to investigate cause of Riau land fires

The Environment Ministry has sent a team of officers to look into the cause of forest and plantation fires, which have ...

Haze affects health of 28,000 residents in Riau

More than 28,000 people are suffering from various smoke-related diseases, due to forest and land fires occurring over ...

Indonesian president orders enforcement of laws to prevent land fires

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has ordered enforcement of laws to prevent and tackle smog caused by forest or land ...

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 ...

Satellite detects 81 hotspots in Riau

The Terra and Aqua satellite detected 81 hotspots of forest, plantation and peat land fires in Riau Province on Monday ...

Law enforcement strengthened to tackle Sumatran forest fires

Hotspots in forests, plantations and peatland fires, which came early on Sumatra and Kalimantan islands this year, ...

Singapore protests against smokes should taken seriously

The Singapore protests against smoke from land and forest fires in Riau should be taken seriously with the mitigation ...

Liberalisation strengthens foreign domination: NGOs

Two Indonesian non-governmental organisations have criticised APEC`s decision to boost liberalisation, claiming that ...

Nine choppers readied to put out land fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Body (BNPB) has again readied nine helicopters to put out land and forest fires in ...

Three flights delayed due to haze in Pekanbaru

At least three flights from Sultan Syarif Kasim II airport, Pekanbaru city, to Jakarta and Malaka (Malaysia) were ...